Rico v. United States · ¶43

The question before us is whether the sentencing judge's consideration of the drug offense was lawful, and based on the terms of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, it clearly was. Under 18 U. S. C. § 3583(e), the judge was permitted to take into account most of the factors set out in § 3553(a), and several of those factors permitted consideration of the January 2022 drug crime. For example, imprisoning petitioner for 16 months could deter her from committing criminal offenses, including drug crimes, during and after her new 2-year term of supervised release. See § 3553(a)(2)(B). The 16-month term could also deter others from violating supervised release and committing serious crimes. See ibid. And by confning petitioner for 16 months, the sentence protected the public from crimes that petitioner, a serial recidivist, might have committed if she were not in prison. See § 3553(a)(2)(C).

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