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The Fifth Circuit vacated three supervised release conditions imposed on a child pornography defendant because the district court failed to specify their duration or justify their necessity. The court held that location monitoring cannot include home detention without explicit order and that financial conditions require a finalized restitution award to be lawful.
The Eleventh Circuit granted the government's motion to dismiss an appeal filed by a defendant who had signed an enforceable waiver in his plea agreement. The court held that the waiver barred the defendant from challenging his sentence, even if he claimed the sentencing court made problematic comments.
The Eighth Circuit dismissed the appeal because the defendant's valid plea agreement waived her right to challenge the sentence. The court further held that she could not challenge the voluntariness of her guilty plea on direct appeal without first moving to withdraw the plea in the district court.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's revocation of Cody Ray Leveke's supervised release and its imposition of a within-Guidelines prison term. The court held that the lower court did not clearly err in finding a mental health treatment violation and did not abuse its discretion in weighing sentencing factors.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed an above-Guidelines sentence for a child pornography offense, rejecting the defendant's claim that the district court abused its discretion. The court held that the district judge properly prioritized its own past sentencing practices and the defendant's individual circumstances over general Judicial Sentencing Information data.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed $125,000 fines imposed on two physicians, ruling that their appellate waivers barred challenges to the reasonableness of the sentences. The court further held that even if the Eighth Amendment challenge were considered, the fines were not grossly disproportional given the defendants' admitted conduct involving thousands of fraudulent claims.
The Tenth Circuit enforced an appeal waiver in Kenneth Tillman's plea agreement, dismissing his challenge to a sentence below the advisory guidelines. The court also granted his counsel's motion to withdraw under the standards established in Anders v. California.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's revocation of supervised release and the imposition of a 14-month prison sentence. The court rejected the appellant's claim that the sentence was substantively unreasonable, finding no abuse of discretion in the lower court's application of sentencing factors.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment while declining to review a defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel regarding a safety valve reduction. The court held that while the claim was not barred by issue preclusion, it could not be adjudicated on direct appeal due to insufficient record detail.
The Third Circuit affirmed Rohan Lyttle's criminal conviction for operating an advance-fee lottery scam targeting elderly victims through wire and mail fraud. The court rejected Lyttle's challenges regarding the sufficiency of evidence, a managerial sentencing enhancement, and the admission of YouTube videos as proof of knowledge.
