U.S. v. Thomas

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Supervised Release
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 15-2509
Decision Date: 
November 3, 2016
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded

Dist. Ct. erred in imposing 36-month term of supervised release that included various mandatory and discretionary conditions, where Dist. Ct. failed to provide any reason to justify either 36-month term or any of said conditions and further failed to read said terms to defendant. Moreover, while Dist. Ct. could potentially state that he was incorporating by reference conditions contained in his written notice of proposed conditions, instant written notice did not suffice, where Dist. Ct. imposed condition that was not contained in written notice.