Rico v. United States · ¶8

Of course, Ms. Rico faced punishment for those offenses in state court. But what did they mean for her back in federal court? Consulting the sentencing guidelines, the court held that Ms. Rico's failure to report to her probation officer and her January 2021 offenses qualified as two independent “Grade C violations” of her supervised release conditions, each carrying an advisory sentencing range of 8 to 14 months of imprisonment. App. 25a–32a. The court also held that Ms. Rico's January 2022 drug offense amounted to a “Grade A violation,” with an associated advisory range of 33 to 36 months of imprisonment. Ibid. After considering these guidelines, and varying downward from them, the court sentenced Ms. Rico to another 16 months of incarceration, followed by two more years of supervised release. Id., at 5a, 35a.

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