U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Richard Parrish
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Judge Joan Louise Larsen
- Judge Damon Jerome Keith
Case history
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Feb. 12, 2019decided Decision issued in United States v. Richard Parrish
Opinions and writings
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 19a0018p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ┐ Plaintiff-Appellee, │ │…
LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Richard Parrish had a cellphone in prison. After a woman outside the prison informed prison officials that he had been texting her, Parrish was charged with misdemeanor possession of contraband and pleaded guilty. The district court sentenced Parrish to five months in prison to run consecutively to his 250-month prison sentence for controlled substance distribution.…
DAMON J. KEITH, Circuit Judge, dissenting. Because I disagree with the majority's view that the record supports the district court's assumptions, I respectfully dissent. In United States v. Hunt , we stated that "it does not matter that the district court relied on a number, even a large number, of relevant facts in its sentencing, if it also…