U.S. v. MERCADO

No. 13-2268.

777 F.3d 532 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jorge MERCADO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olin Thompson , Assistant Federal Public Defender, for appellant.

Donald C. Lockhart , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Peter F. Neronha , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and LIPEZ, 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...

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