Sentencing – Supervised Release

By: Derek Hawkins//August 3, 2020//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Lawrence Manyfield, Sr.,

Case No.: 19-2096

Officials: EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing – Supervised Release

After Lawrence Manyfield admitted several violations of his supervised release, the district court revoked his term of supervision and sentenced him to twenty-four months in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. The parties agree on appeal that the court neither gave adequate notice of the conditions of supervision (many of which we have deemed vague) nor sufficiently explained its reasons for imposing them. They disagree, however, about the proper scope of the remand. We conclude that the court properly justified the prison sentence and term of supervised release and, therefore, remand only for further consideration of the release conditions.

Vacated in part, remanded in part.

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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