Treatment as Condition of Supervised Release: Delegation of Judicial Authority
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 18, Number 04, November/December 2016 , pp.57-57(1)
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Abstract:
How relevant to the offense must a condition of supervised release be? How much authority may a court delegate to probation officers? A man convicted predatory criminal assault receives a sentence including a life term of supervised release which he argues improperly delegates judicial power to the probation office.Keywords: U.S.A. v. Schrode; non-delegation clause of the Constitution; Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc; United States v. Nash; United States v. Pruden; sex offender treatment program; probation
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