USA v. Lassiter

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SHERMAN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
EDWARD JAMAL LASSITER
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CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 4:25-CR-67-
SDJ-BD-1
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Now before the court is the request for revocation of Defendant Edward Jamal Lassiter’s
(“Defendant”) supervised release. After the District Judge referred the matter to this court for a
report and recommendation, the court conducted a hearing on December 3, 2025, to determine
whether Defendant violated his supervised release. Defendant was represented by Anthony Lyons.
The Government was represented by Matthew Johnson.
Defendant was sentenced on May 20, 2021, before The Honorable Mark T. Pittman of the
Northern District of Texas after pleading guilty to the offense of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent
to Distribute a Controlled Substance, a Class C felony. This offense carried a statutory maximum
imprisonment term of not more than 20 years. The guideline imprisonment range, based on a total
offense level of 19 and a criminal history category of I, was 30 to 37 months. Defendant qualified
for the safety valve and was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment followed by a two-year term
of supervised release subject to the standard conditions of release, plus special conditions to
include substance abuse testing and treatment, submission of requested financial information,
a $2,500 fine, and a $100 special assessment. On December 14, 2022, Defendant completed
his period of imprisonment and began service of the supervision term. On March 27, 2025, this
case was reassigned to The Honorable Sean D. Jordan, U.S. District Judge.
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On April 7, 2025, the United States Probation Officer executed a First Amended Petition
for Warrant or Summons for Offender Under Supervision. (Dkt. #2, Sealed). The First Amended
Petition asserts that Defendant violated three (3) conditions of supervision, as follows: (1)
(mandatory) Defendant shall not commit another federal, state or local crime; (2) (standard)
Defendant shall not own, possess, or have access to a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or
dangerous weapon (i.e., anything that was designed, or was modified for, the specific purpose of
causing bodily injury or death to another person such as nunchakus or tasers); (3) (standard)
Defendant shall not knowingly leave the federal judicial district where he is authorized to reside
without first getting permission from the court or the probation officer (Dkt. #2 at pp. 1–2, Sealed).
The First Amended Petition alleges that Defendant committed the following acts: (1)–(2)
On May 27, 2023, officers with the Plano, Texas, Police Department responded to a possible
intoxicated driver call. The officer witnessed a vehicle occupied by a single subject drive over a
median and towards Dallas Parkway. Officers stopped the vehicle and made contact with the
driver, identified as Defendant. There was a moderate odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating
from his breath and his eye’s appeared to be glassy and bloodshot. A field sobriety test was
completed as well as a portable breath test. Defendant was then placed under arrest for the offense
of Driving While Intoxicated. Officers conducted an inventory search of Defendant’s vehicle and
a .40 caliber Glock semiautomatic handgun with a magazine loaded with twenty-nine .40 caliber
rounds was located in the vehicle’s trunk. A criminal history inquiry showed Defendant to be on a
current term of federal supervised release and the was therefore charged with Unlawful Possession
of a Firearm by a Felon. On May 2, 2024, Defendant plead guilty to the offense of Driving While
Intoxicated, Collin County Case No.: 006-87764-2023. He was sentenced to 15 months of
probation. On November 8, 2023, Defendant was indicted in the Eastern District of Texas, Case
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No. 4:23-CR-256 for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted
Felon, Count 1, and 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), Possession of Ammunition by a Convicted Felon. On
December 4, 2024, Defendant pleaded guilty to Count 1: Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted
Felon. On November 12, 2025, Defendant was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment, to run
consecutively to any sentence which may be imposed in this case, and a 3-year term of supervised
release to follow; (3) On May 27, 2023, Defendant traveled outside the Northern District of Texas
without permission from his U.S. Probation Officer as evidenced by his conduct noted above in
the Eastern District of Texas. (Dkt. #2 at pp. 1–2, Sealed).
Defendant entered a plea of true to all allegations in the First Amended Petition. Having
considered the First Amended Petition and the plea of true to all allegations, the court finds that
Defendant did violate his conditions of supervised release. Defendant waived his right to allocute
before the District Judge and his right to object to the report and recommendation of this court.
RECOMMENDATION
Pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, the court recommends that Defendant’s
supervised release be revoked and that he be committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to
be imprisoned for an additional term of eight (8) months, to run consecutively to the sentence
imposed in Case No. 4:23-CR-256, with no term of supervised release to follow.
The court finally recommends that Defendant be housed in a Bureau of Prisons facility in
Seagoville, Texas, if appropriate.
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