U.S. v. Taylor

Dist. Ct. erred in imposing conditions of probation (on charge of interstate transfer of obscene material to person under age 16) that banned defendant from viewing legal adult pornography and from having knowing contact with minors. Ct. found that ban on legal pornography was inappropriate in light of lack of evidence that viewing legal pornography would increase likelihood that defendant would recidivate. Moreover, ban on having any knowing direct contact with individuals under age of 18 was overly broad, since it had no exceptions for contacts in course of normal commercial business or for case of unintentional or incidental contacts with minors. Dist. Ct., though, did not err in imposing condition that would allow probation officials to inspect plaintiff’s internet-capable devices, even without any reasonable suspicion that defendant had committed new crime, since said condition related to underlying facts of charged offense.