Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Supervised Release
Dist. Ct. did not err in revoking defendant’s supervised release based upon incident that occurred in Texas, during which defendant was arrested during traffic stop after officer observed nearly 30 pounds of marijuana in defendant’s car. While said officer testified about his discovery of marijuana in defendant’s car via two-way video conference, said procedure did not violate Rule 32.1(b)(2)(C), which otherwise allows Dist. Ct. to excuse witness’s appearance altogether in revocation hearings under certain circumstances. Moreover, officer’s testimony by itself was sufficient to support instant revocation.