Legal Opinion
United States v. Shannon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 2017No. 15-2780PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Ralph Shannon appeals the imposition of a special condition of release following his 2007 conviction for possession of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). Specifically, he argues that Special Condition 2 — requiring notice to the probation office before using certain devices — is unconstitutionally vague and that the district court imposed it without adequate explanation. We affirm.
I. Background
On April 20, 2007, Shannon pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. He had saved over 400 encrypted illicit images of children on his computers. On…
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