Sentencing – Supervised Release Conditions

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Michael Anglin

Case No.: 15-3625

Officials: EASTERBROOK and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and FEINERMAN, District Judge

Focus: Sentencing – Supervised Release Conditions

A jury found Michael Anglin guilty of Hobbs Act robbery, discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence (the Hobbs Act robbery) under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), and related offenses. The district court sentenced him to 230 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. Anglin appeals, pressing three challenges. First, he con‐ tends that the police arrested him without probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment, requiring suppression of the arrest’s fruits. Second, he contends that his § 924(c) conviction was improper because Hobbs Act robbery is not a qualifying crime of violence. Third, he contends that his sentence is improper in various respects. Except for his challenge to the supervised release conditions, Anglin’s arguments are without merit, so we affirm in large part and vacate and remand only as to that component of his sentence.

Affirmed

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