United States v. David Markillie ( 2021 )

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 22 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-10151
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No.
4:17-cr-01472-JAS-BGM-1
v.
DAVID ALLEN MARKILLIE, MEMORANDUM*
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
James Alan Soto, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted June 17, 2021**
San Francisco, California
Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, and BRESS and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.
David Markillie pleaded guilty to one count of Armed Bank Robbery, 18
U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d), and one count of False Information and Hoaxes, 18 U.S.C.
§ 1038(a)(1). The district court sentenced him to 54 months’ imprisonment and 60
months’ supervised release for each count, to run concurrently. Markillie appeals
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
his sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm in part,
vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings.
1. Markillie argues that his 60-month supervised release term as to Count
Two, the false information and hoaxes count, must be vacated or reduced to 36
months because the maximum term of supervised release for a class D felony is three
years. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(b)(2) (“the authorized term[] of supervised release . . .
for a . . . Class D felony . . . [is] not more than three years[.]”). The Government
concedes plain error. We therefore vacate the supervised release term imposed as to
Count Two and remand for the district court to impose a term as to Count Two that
does not exceed 36 months.
2. Markillie next argues that Standard Condition 12 of his supervised release
is unconstitutionally vague. The Condition provides:
If the probation officer determines that you pose a risk to another person
(including an organization), the probation officer may require you to
notify the person about the risk and you must comply with that
instruction. The probation officer may contact the person and confirm
that you have notified the person about the risk.
However, our court has recently held in a published opinion that this exact condition
is not unconstitutionally vague. See United States v. Gibson, No. 20-10074, slip op.
at 12–16 (9th Cir. May 20, 2021). We thus affirm the district court’s imposition of
Standard Condition 12.
3. Finally, Markillie argues that the district court abused its discretion in
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concluding that it lacked the authority to impose home detention instead of
incarceration. Markillie was released from federal custody on June 11, 2021. This
claim is now moot. See Cox v. McCarthy, 829 F.2d 800, 803 (9th Cir. 1987).
AFFIRMED in part, VACATED in part, and REMANDED.
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