Sufficiency of Evidence – Conditions of Supervised Release

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Brian A. Miller

Case No.: 15-2239

Officials: BAUER, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence – Conditions of Supervised Release

Appellant proffers no compelling reason to negate his conditions of supervised release. Evidence provided more than sufficient for conviction.

“Miller offers no reason why we should not hold that his speculative challenges are not ripe. The closest he comes is by implying that his probation officer would unfairly interpret this condition of supervised release so that he could revoke his supervised release and relieve himself of supervising Miller during the time he is back in prison. We believe that is an unfair characterization of probation officers generally and should not constitute grounds for this court to con‐ sider speculative concerns about supervised‐release conditions. Should Miller be given a vindictive probation officer whose sole goal is to return him to prison, we expect that he would bring that to the district court’s attention”

Affirmed

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