Legal Opinion
United States v. Mercado
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 6, 2015No. 13-2268PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Sentencing courts have broad discretion in setting conditions of supervised release — but broad discretion is not unbridled discretion. Defendant-appellant Jorge Mercado complains that the sentencing court went too far in this case and acted arbitrarily in setting the conditions of his supervised release. Concluding that the defendant’s jeremiad is unconvincing, we affirm his sentence.
I. BACKGROUND
The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of failure to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). The SOR-NA registration…
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