Opinion ID: 798000
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Heading: Length of Two Terms of Supervised Release

Text: 28 Acting pro se, Jones argues that the district court erred by sentencing him to two six-year terms of supervised release for his two firearms convictions, counts twenty and twenty-one of the superseding indictment. We review de novo the district court's interpretation of a federal statute and the Sentencing Guidelines. United States v. Palacios-Suarez, 418 F.3d 692, 694 (6th Cir.2005). 29 The district court sentenced Jones to twenty-one separate six-year terms of supervised release, to run concurrently. Jones does not challenge nineteen of those terms, but argues that the maximum term of supervised release that he could receive for each of his two firearms convictions is three years. Jones was convicted of one count of possession of an unregistered firearm, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Because each of these charges carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison, 26 U.S.C. § 5871; 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2), these two convictions are classified as Class C felonies, 18 U.S.C. § 3559(a)(3). By statute, the maximum term of supervised release for a Class C felony is three years. 18 U.S.C. § 3583(b)(2); see also U.S.S.G. § 5D1.2(a)(2). Thus, we conclude that the district court erred by sentencing Jones to two six-year terms of supervised release for his two firearms convictions. 4