United States v. Raney

In 2001, Raney was convicted of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in a sexual act and attempt to manufacture child pornography. He was sentenced to 145 months’ imprisonment. In 2012, he began serving three years of supervised release. During that term, the district court found that he had violated the terms of release by possessing a memory stick and maintaining contact with a convicted felon and warned Raney that any future violations would result in revocation of his supervised release. A year later, the court found that he had violated his supervised release conditions by taking unauthorized day trips with a female acquaintance and her two minor children. The court revoked his supervised release and sentenced him to nine months’ imprisonment followed by another two years of supervised release. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the revocation decision, but vacated the sentence because the district court did not explain its decision to impose two years of supervised release. On remand, the district court imposed the same sentence under the same conditions as before, with an explanation. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, stating that Raney had waived a challenge to the imposition of a condition of supervised release that requires him to “notify third parties of risks that may be occasioned by [his] criminal record or personal history or characteristics.” View "United States v. Raney" on Justia Law