United States v. Hill, No. 17-1582 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit held that defendant's challenge to his revocation sentence was moot because he had served the sentence and been release from custody. The court vacated the mandatory condition of supervised release requiring defendant to participate in an approved program for domestic violence, holding that there was lack of evidence supporting the condition and a complete lack of explanation for its imposition. Therefore, the district court erred and the error affected defendant's substantial rights.
Court Description: Benton, Author, with Gruender and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. Defendant's challenge to his revocation sentence was moot, as he had served the sentence and been released from custody; the district court erred in including domestic violence counseling as a mandatory supervised release condition because the sentencing record did not support such a condition; defendant's sentence is vacated with respect to the condition, and the matter is remanded for further proceedings.
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