Legal Opinion
United States v. Cynthia Hobbs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 14, 2016No. 16-1956PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
A special condition of Cynthia Hobbs’s supervised release prohibits her from “direct, indirect, or electronic contact” with her husband. Because the record does not support this sweeping restriction on her important constitutional right of marriage, we vacate and remand for resentencing.
I. Background
In 2009, Hobbs and her husband were charged with aggravated identity theft and conspiring to commit bank fraud; They pleaded guilty. Hobbs was sentenced to 56 months’ imprisonment and 5 years’ supervised release. Her husband was sentenced to 80 months’ imprisonment and 5…
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