John Louis Atkins v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Does a United States District Court retain criminal jurisdiction (under 18 U.S.C. § 3231) over a defendant after a jury's finding of not guilty to per­ sist in the prosecution of a supervised release revocation/violation, when the plain language of § 3231 requires "... an offense against the laws of the United States," where the alleged violation is premised upon the jury trials acquitted conduct that arose from the very same event. ? And; As a result of the U.S. Sentencing Commission's recent amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines, Section 1B1.3 (Relevant Conduct) adding Subsection (c) (Acquitted Conduct) does not begin to remedy the bedrock Constitutional iss­ ues under the Fifth and Sixth Amendmends and 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3)'s Due Process Clause violation regarding the preponderance of evidence on a felony or "infamous" sentence. n.