United States Second Circuit

The imposition of a condition of probation, a bar on television-viewing during a ten-month period of home detention, for the stated purpose of promoting self-reflection and remorse, exceeds the district court's broad discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2002
• Published 10/28/2002

Judges

• JACOBS, Circuit Judge., Before: JACOBS, CABRANES, and F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven M. Statsinger, Of Counsel, Appeals Bureau, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Public Defender Division, Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joshua A. Goldberg, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, N.Y. (James B. Comey, United States Attorney, Celeste L. Koeleveld, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief), for Appellee.