Opinion ID: 821312
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Heading: Violation of First Term of Supervised Release

Text: By the middle of March 2010, Defendant had been released from prison and was serving his first term of supervised release. Several months later his probation officer filed a petition alleging numerous violations of supervised release. Defendant pleaded guilty to three of the alleged violations: failing to comply with computer restrictions by accessing a computer with Internet capability, associating with a convicted felon, and possessing alcohol. Defendant argued that a five-month sentence would provide adequate deterrence. See United States v. Olinger, 434 F. App’x 748, 751 (10th Cir. 2011). But the government sought the maximum possible sentence—24 months—because of the surrounding circumstances, including -2- Defendant’s conviction of “a sex offense in Oregon” and his arrival in “Utah as a fugitive,” plus his other “multiple sex offenses and fugitive-related charges.” Id. The district court sentenced Defendant to 18 months’ imprisonment and 120 months’ supervised release. It also “reimposed” its “previously imposed special conditions” of supervised release. R., Vol. 1 at 23, ¶ 1. The court explained that Defendant’s admission to “using a computer . . . [with] child pornography” on it constituted “a very serious violation” of the terms of his supervised release. Olinger, 434 F. App’x at 751 (internal quotation marks omitted). It therefore opted for a sentence that was “more in keeping” with Defendant’s conduct. Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). Defendant appealed the sentence, and this court affirmed.