U.S. v. Shannon

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Supervised Release
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 15-2780
Decision Date: 
March 20, 2017
Federal District: 
W.D. Wisc.
Holding: 
Affirmed

Dist. Ct. did not abuse its discretion in imposing requirement that defendant give notice to his probation office before using certain electronic devices as condition of supervised release that formed part of his sentence on possession of child pornography conviction. Ct. rejected defendant’s contention that such conviction was unconstitutionally vague, because it failed to sufficiently explain what devices would trigger notice requirement, since defendant need only notify probation office of specific device prior to using said device. Said condition also was not overly broad given fact that defendant had used computer system to obtain child pornography, and condition was sufficiently tailored to address Dist. Ct.’s concerns that defendant had taken measures to make tracking of his access to illicit images more difficult.