1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
zheka24 [161]
3 years ago
9

(NEED HELP) In this assignment, you will write a three- to four-paragraph Supreme Court opinion for

History
1 answer:
liberstina [14]3 years ago
6 0

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, Diane D. Kirstein, U .S. Attorney's Office, San Antonio, TX, Plaintiff–Appellee. Laura G. Greenberg, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Bradford W. Bogan, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Maureen Scott Franco, Federal Public Defender, M. Carolyn Fuentes, Federal Public Defender's Office, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant–Appellant.

In this case, we must decide whether the district court's imposition of a condition of supervised release prohibiting the defendant from “residing or going to places where a minor or minors are known to frequent without prior approval of the probation officer” was plainly erroneous. We conclude it was not and AFFIRM.

I.

In January 1990, Michael Fields was convicted in Wisconsin state court of second degree sexual assault of a child.1 He was sentenced to five years in prison, but only served one year; the rest of his term was probated. Fields was required to register as a sex offender in Wisconsin for the rest of his life. Because of this conviction, he must also register as a sex offender in Texas. Fields has thrice been arrested and convicted for failing to register as a sex offender.2 He has also been repeatedly told by state authorities in both Wisconsin and Texas that he must register as a sex offender, instructions with which it appears he has never complied.3

Fields was arrested by the Austin Police Department for failing to register as a sex offender in April 2013. The next month, he was indicted in federal court and charged with one count of failing to register as a sex offender in violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”).4 After unsuccessfully moving to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that SORNA was unconstitutional, Fields pled guilty in July 2013.

In November 2013, Fields appeared before the district court for his sentencing hearing. At that hearing, the court reviewed Fields's criminal history record, and concluded that, even discounting several convictions where it was disputed as to whether Fields committed the crime, he had “a solid criminal record since 1974.” After hearing from counsel, the court then sentenced Fields to a 27–month sentence of imprisonment, followed by ten years of supervised release. The supervision included a number of conditions, including, as relevant here, a requirement that:

The defendant shall follow all other lifestyle restrictions or treatment requirements imposed by the therapist, and continue those restrictions as they pertain to avoiding risk situations throughout the course of supervision. This includes not residing or going to places where a minor or minors are known to frequent without prior approval of the probation officer.

Fields did not object to this condition. This timely appeal follows.

II.

We normally review conditions of supervised release for abuse of discretion.5 In this case, because Fields did not object to his supervised release condition while before the district court, we review for plain error.6 As the Supreme Court has made clear, plain error is a demanding standard:

You might be interested in
What was the population of Ancient Athens? (400 BC’s) How many slaves were in the population, and how many citizens were in it?
beks73 [17]

Answer:

140,000

Slaves = more than 100,000

Explanation:

5 0
3 years ago
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path contain essential messages from _________.
Amanda [17]
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path contain essential messages from Buddhism.
7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Which of these is a form of authoritarian government in which power is typically handed down through family lines and rulers sta
mrs_skeptik [129]

Answer:

B. Monarchy

Explanation:

A monarchy is a country that is ruled by a monarch, and monarchy is this system or form of government. A monarch, such as a king or queen, rules a kingdom or empire. In a constitutional monarchy, the monarch's power is limited by a constitution. But in an absolute monarchy, the monarch has unlimited power.

Monarchy is a form of rule in which there is a single head of state, a monarch, with the title of King, Queen or similar titleholder. The head of state usually inherits the title through rules of descendency as a member of a specific royal family and holds his or her office for life.

There are lots of different examples of monarchy in the world today. Constitutional monarchies have a hereditary head of state, but are to all intents and purposes democracies.

Some examples of this are the UK, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. Monarchs in other countries have more power, for example in Saudi Arabia.

7 0
3 years ago
hy did the Plymouth Colony become part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? It needed to form an alliance against the local Indians.
Savatey [412]
It was much smaller, and therefore lacked a bunding charter. Hope this helps!
5 0
3 years ago
How did President Carter respond to the energy crisis in 1979?
harina [27]
He tried to increase US oil production
5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Which of the following is true about the League of Nations? (1 point)
    12·2 answers
  • Which statement best completes the diagram to demonstrate the rise in tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union af
    6·1 answer
  • Radical republicans in congress wanted to provide more rights for formerly enslaved people, so they
    11·2 answers
  • The framers of the constitution worked to find a balance between the authority of
    6·1 answer
  • What was the Soviet union's goals in blocking land and water routes to west berlin
    13·2 answers
  • What country was attacked in 2001 sparking nato to work together
    15·1 answer
  • Which state protested being underrepresented at the Estates-General by forming the National Assembly?
    15·1 answer
  •  What geographic features you see on this physical map
    11·1 answer
  • About when we’re the gospels that are found in the New Testament written
    13·1 answer
  • What kind of hairstyle can be linked with the term greasers.
    12·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!