Legal Opinion
United States v. Melendez-Santana
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 24, 2003No. 01-2386, 01-2397PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This consolidated appeal of two criminal cases, Appeal Nos. 01-2386 and 01-2397, requires us to evaluate the validity of certain conditions of supervised release and the procedures used to impose those conditions. This evaluation, in turn, requires us to consider the amount of discretion a sentencing court may delegate to probation officers and whether a condition that is included in a written sentencing order but not announced at the sentencing hearing violates a defendant’s constitutional rights.
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In Appeal No. 01-2386, the defendant, Rafael Meléndez-Santana…
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