Sentencing – Supervised Release

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Nicholas Edwards

Case No.: 18-3282

Officials: RIPPLE, ROVNER, and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing – Supervised Release

Nicholas Edwards pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender, in violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2250—his fourth conviction for a failure to register a change of address as required by state and federal statutes. The district court ordered him to serve a prison term of 27 months and imposed three conditions that will govern his supervised release at the conclusion of that term: (1) a requirement that, as required by his probation officer, he inform employers, neighbors and family members with children, and others of his criminal record, his obligation to register as a sex offender, and the other requirements imposed by SORNA; (2) a ban on meeting, spending time with, or communicating with any minor absent the express permission of the minor’s parent or guardian and the probation officer; and (3) a bar to working in any job or participating any volunteer activity in which he would have access to minors, absent prior approval of his probation officer. Finding no flaw in any of these conditions, we affirm the judgment.

Affirmed

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