Jurisdiction – Sentencing

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States v. Cordell Collins

Case No.: 18-3011

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

Focus: Jurisdiction – Sentencing

Cordell Collins appeals several conditions he must abide by while on supervised release. The first condition he challenges requires him to stay in the “jurisdiction,” but the district court’s written judgment does not match its oral pronouncement of the condition and its definition at sentencing. Collins did not object to the other two conditions he now disputes when the district court gave him the opportunity to; rather, he agreed to them, therefore waiving his arguments on appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment in all respects except for its use of the word “jurisdiction” in its written judgment. With respect to that condition, we remand with instructions for the district court to amend its written judgment to substitute the term “federal judicial district” for the word “jurisdiction.”

Affirmed in part. Remanded with instructions.

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