United States v. Salazar, No. 12-50695 (5th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseAfter defendant violated the terms of his supervised release by failing to register as a sex offender and to meet with his counselor, defendant was sentenced to a prison term plus an additional period of supervised release. The court concluded that the district court abused its discretion by not explaining how Special Condition No. 6, which prohibited defendant from possessing, using, or purchasing sexually stimulating or oriented materials, was reasonably related to the statutory factors. Moreover, the court concluded that it was an abuse of discretion to conclude that this condition was reasonably related to the sentencing factors. Accordingly, the court reversed and remanded.
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