United States v. Jurgens, No. 14-2482 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseThe Seventh Circuit consolidated three appeals that raised similar challenges to conditions of supervised release. Remanding the cases for resentencing, the court identified general sentencing principles: it is important to give advance notice of the conditions being considered; the court should justify the conditions by an adequate statement of reasons and impose appropriately-tailored conditions; and the fact that certain non-administrative conditions are labeled “standard” does not render them immune from the requirements that they be adequately supported and not vague or overbroad. While noting that it could just vacate the conditions, the court vacated the sentences entirely. If certain supervised release conditions are vacated, the balance struck by the sentencing judge might be disrupted to a degree where the judge would wish to alter the prison term or other conditions to ensure that the purposes of deterrence, rehabilitation, and protecting the public are appropriately furthered by the overall sentence.
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