United States v. Shultz, No. 12-6351 (6th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseShultz, convicted under 18 U.S.C. 2252(a) of receiving and possessing child pornography, including depictions of young children engaged in sadistic, masochistic or violent behavior, appealed the district court’s imposition of two special conditions of lifetime supervised release, to follow 168 months in prison: condition four, which restricts his contact with children, and condition six, which restricts his possession of sexually arousing material. The Sixth Circuit affirmed the conditions, rejection challenges of violation of the sentencing statute, the Article III non-delegation doctrine, First Amendment rights of association and assembly, the Fifth Amendment prohibition against vague laws and his right to interact with his own family.
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