United States v. Hart, No. 15-3788 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. On appeal, defendant challenged the district court's imposition of two conditions of supervised release requiring him to provide financial information to the Probation Office upon request and prohibiting him from incurring any new credit card charges or opening lines of credit without approval from the United States Probation Office. The court concluded that the record demonstrates that defendant's financial condition potentially has played a role in his criminal conduct. The court recognized that such conditions are not prohibition on behavior, but rather a monitoring device to complement other conditions. In this case, defendant faces an unpaid assessment and contribution to drug treatment costs, and the prohibition against incurring credit card debt or opening a new line of credit without Probation Office approval is reasonably related to the circumstances of the offense and deterring further criminal conduct. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment, finding that under these specific circumstances, the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing these conditions.
Court Description: Shepherd, Author, with Murphy, Circuit Judge, and Perry, District Judge] Criminal case - Sentencing. Special conditions of defendant's supervision requiring him to provide the Probation Office with financial information and prohibiting him from opening lines of credit were appropriate given that his financial condition played a part in the offense and he has to pay for certain assessments and drug testing after his release.
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