United States v. Taylor

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 01-41479 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus HENRY DEWAYNE TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant. -------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 3:97-CR-5-11 -------------------- September 16, 2002 Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Henry Dewayne Taylor appeals the revocation of his supervised release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g). Taylor argues that the district court abused its discretion in finding that he violated the terms of his supervised release by committing a crime. He notes that the charge that he willfully injured a child was dismissed by a Missouri court. It is a mandatory condition of supervised release that the defendant not commit another federal, state, or local crime. See * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. No. 01-41479 -2- U.S.S.G. § 7B1.1, comment (n.1). “A violation of this condition may be charged whether or not the defendant has been the subject of a separate federal, state, or local prosecution for such conduct.” Id. In view of the considerable evidence that Taylor engaged in conduct constituting the offense of abuse of a child, we cannot say the district court’s determination was an abuse of discretion. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e); United States v. McCormick, 54 F.3d 214, 219 (5th Cir. 1995). We have no occasion to consider Taylor’s argument that the district court abused its discretion by finding that he violated the terms of his supervised release by failing to contact his probation officer in a timely manner following his arrest. The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.