U.S. v. MELÉNDEZ-SANTANA

Nos. 01-2386, 01-2397.

353 F.3d 93 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rafael MELÉNDEZ-SANTANA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Lugo-Fiol for appellant Rafael Meléndez-Santana.

Francisco A. Ojeda-Diez with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


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...

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