Opinion ID: 678277
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Relationship of Sec. 7B1.3 and Sec. 5G1.3

Text: 22 Erving also argues that Sec. 7B1.3 conflicts with Sec. 5G1.3(b), and that under Sec. 5G1.3(b), he is entitled to a concurrent sentence. 3 23 We do not read the two sections as being in conflict, because the sections address different situations. Section 5G1.3 is more general in nature, and discusses sentences to be imposed when an additional offense is committed, not when a defendant has breached the conditions of his release. Chapter 5 deals with sentences for offenses, after a determination of guilt. Chapter 7 deals with violations of probation and supervised release. A violation will often be an offense, as well, but many violations of conditions of probation or supervised release are not. Section 7B1.3 specifically deals with the latter situation. As aptly put by the district court, 24 the rationale is that when a person is put on court supervision, there's a bond of trust. He's--he owes a debt of trust to the Court. He promises to abide by certain conditions and terms. And when he violates those conditions, he has breached his trust. That's the theory. And, therefore, when he is sentenced on revocation, he is sentenced not for what he did that caused revocation, but he's being sentenced for what he did in breaching that bond of trust that he owed to the Court. That's the philosophy, and that's why consecutive sentences [are] ... provided for, because he's not being sentenced for what he was convicted in state court of. He's being sentenced because on more than one occasion, and in addition to what he was sentenced in state court for, he violated the terms and conditions of supervised release, and that is a separate matter deserving of a separate sentence. 25 Tr. at 57-58. We find no conflict between Sec. 7B1.3 and Sec. 5G1.3, and conclude that Sec. 7B1.3, rather that Sec. 5G1.3, applies to Erving. 4 26