Defendant’s child pornography conviction is vacated where a condition of defendant’s supervised release that obligated him, upon entry into a “significant romantic relationship,” to notify the United States Probation Department and to inform the other party to the relationship of his conviction, was unconstitutionally vague and not reasonably related to the goals of sentencing.

Read US v. Reeves, No. 08-2966

Appellate Information

Argued: May 27, 2009

Decided: January 7, 2010

Judges

Opinion by Judge Parker

Counsel

For Appellant:

Darrell B. Fields, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY

For Appellee:

Daniel A. Spector, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY

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