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Second Circuit Affirms Sentencing Court’s Delegation of Verification Testing Decision to Probation

by Clinton W. Morrison and Harry Sandick on October 5, 2020

In United States v. Villafane-Lozada, No. 19-2098 (2d Cir. Sept. 3, 2020) (Livingston, Sullivan, Park), the Second Circuit rejected a defendant’s challenge to the district court’s delegation to probation the decision of which type of technology to use in order to verify the defendant’s compliance with the conditions of his supervised release.

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