U.S. v. Raney

Dist. Ct. did not err in revoking defendant’s supervised release on charge of interstate travel with intent to engage minor in sexual act, where revocation was based on finding that defendant was not truthful when he failed to inform probation officer that he had gone on camping trip with girlfriend and her two sons. While govt. introduced into evidence two polygraph reports that supported govt. claim that defendant had lied to probation officer about details of camping trip, any error in admission of reports was harmless, where Dist. Ct. limited use of reports to show knowledge of probation officer when she approved defendant going on camping trip, and where Dist. Ct. did not rely on polygraph reports to find that defendant had violated term of supervised release. Moreover, record contained other evidence indicating that defendant had falsely told probation officer that he had no unreported contacts with minors. Remand, though, was required where Dist. Ct. failed to provide explanation for either new 24-month term of supervised release or any conditions of said supervised release.