United States v. Wright, No. 19-1081 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's restitution order and certain special conditions of defendant's supervised release imposed after he pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a child. The court found no error in the district court's restitution amount of $20,000, holding that the evidence supported the amount in light of the aggregate harm to the victim. The court also held that the special conditions -- including a requirement that defendant participate in sex offender treatment including psychological testing and polygraph examinations, a prohibition against contact with any minors without pre-approval, and a requirement that defendant seek prior approval before using temporary commercial lodging, such as a hotel or motel -- where reasonably related to both the offense of conviction and to defendant's history of sexual contact with minor females.
Court Description: [Erickson, Author, with Grasz and Kobes, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. The record in the case supported an award of $20,000 in restitution to the minor victim of a sex trafficking crime; no error in imposing certain special conditions of supervised release, such as participation in sex offender treatment, psychological testing, prohibitions on contact with minors without prior approval and a requirement that defendant obtain permission before renting a motel room as the conditions were reasonably related to the offense and defendant's history of sexual contact with minor girls.
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