U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

United States v. Jelani Jones

August 19, 2026

Summary

The court affirmed Jones’s 10-month revocation sentence and 26 months of supervised release. It held that the district court adequately explained the sentence, considered the relevant sentencing factors and Chapter Seven policy statements, addressed Jones’s mitigation arguments, and explained the need for additional supervised-release guidance. The sentence was therefore not unreasonable, much less plainly unreasonable.