United States v. Thurlow

Defendant Frederick Thurlow appeals from the district court’s imposition of a special condition of supervised release. Thurlow was sentenced following a guilty plea to three counts of an eleven-count indictment that alleged possession of stolen mail, theft of property used by the United States Postal Service and other offenses resulting from a crime spree engaged in by Thurlow and a coconspirator. As part of a three-year sentence of supervised release, the district court ordered Thurlow to abstain from the use or possession of alcohol and illegal drugs during this period. Thurlow argues that…