United States Sixth Circuit

The imposition of a special supervised-release condition mandating sex-offender treatment is vacated and remanded where the condition was not reasonably related to either the instant offense of being a felon in possession of a firearm or defendant's criminal history.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2006
• Published 09/18/2006

Judges

• Before:  MOORE, CLAY, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Richard C. Strong, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Richard Leigh Grinalds, Assistant United States Attorney, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  M. Dianne Smothers, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  James W. Powell, Assistant United States Attorney, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.