Court Opinion

ID: 9491175
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 14:05:50.768628+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:54:33.518546
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WIDENER, Circuit Judge,
concurring and dissenting:
I concur in all of the opinion through and including Part II, but as to Part III, I respectfully dissent.
I see no meaningful distinction between Ex Parte Lange, 18 Wall. 163, 21 L.Ed. 872 (1873), and In re Bradley, 318 U.S. 50, 63 S.Ct. 470, 87 L.Ed. 608 (1943), and the present case. Lominac was sentenced to a dual sentence when only one or the other form of *319punishment was authorized under the statute. When Lominac completed the imprisonment portion of the dual sentence, the power vested in the court with regard to punishment was extinguished, In re Bradley, 318 U.S. at 52, 63 S.Ct. at 470-71, Ex Parte Lange, 18 Wall, at 176, 21 L.Ed. 872. Consequently, the supervised release portion of the dual sentence was invalid. Additionally, although supervised release is punishment, United States v. Dozier, 119 F.3d 239, 242 (3rd Cir.1997), it cannot be credited against prison time any more than payment of a fine, also a form of punishment, can be credited against prison time.