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Tenth Circuit Vacates Special Condition of Supervised Release That Gave Probation Officers Discretion to Ban Computer and Internet Usage
Loaded on Sept. 17, 2019
by Douglas Ankney
published in Criminal Legal News
October, 2019, page 38
Filed under:
Release and Reentry,
Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry.
Location:
United States of America.
by Douglas Ankney
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated a special condition of supervised release that gave discretion to probation officers to completely ban the defendant’s use of a computer and of the Internet.
Michael Lyle Blair was convicted of possession of child pornography after police ...
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