U.S. v. Hill

Ct. of Appeals remanded defendant’s appeal back to Dist. Ct. for determination as to whether defendant had waived all challenges to conditions of defendant’s supervised release as part of his sentence on child pornography charge that followed entry of defendant’s guilty plea. Record showed that Dist. Ct. had failed to recite conditions of defendant’s supervised release at sentencing hearing, and that defendant’s counsel only spent brief moment with defendant to confer about said waiver prior to defendant signing said waiver. Also, Ct. noted that several conditions of supervised release were vague regarding defendant’s future possession of firearms, changes in his residence/employment, and home visits by probation officer. However, defendant will have option at remand to leave intact said conditions, even if Dist. Ct. finds no waiver.