Pleas & Sentencing – Conditions of Supervised Release

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7^TH Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Jermaine R. Speed & Rico J. Speed

Case No.: 15-1520; 15-1561

Officials: FLAUM, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Practice Area: Pleas & Sentencing – Conditions of Supervised Release

Conditions of supervised release for appellant’s convicted on sale of narcotics and firearms justified.

“The Speeds do not cite any cases on how this condition violates the Constitution, however, and we do not find any grounding for their argument. On the contrary, prohibiting contact with felons is not an unusual federal condition of supervised release, particularly where probation officers can approve the requested contact. See, e.g., id.; United States v. Walker, 742 F.3d 614, 615 (5th Cir. 2014); United States v. Peebles, 624 F.3d 344, 346 (6th Cir. 2010); United States v. Napulou, 593 F.3d 1041, 1044 (9th Cir. 2010); United States v. Charles, 531 F.3d 637, 639 (8th Cir. 2008); United States v. Smith, 436 F.3d 307, 309 (1st Cir. 2006). If Rico or Jermaine needs to in‐teract with a family member, friend, colleague, or any other individual with a felony conviction, he can speak with his probation officer, who knows the individual circumstances and can approve appropriate requests”

Affirmed

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