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Supervised release
Articles filed under Supervised Release, newest first.
- Can a Judge Impose Any Supervised Release Condition It Wants?
No. Supervised release conditions must relate to your offense or your history, and in United States v. Mears the Second Circuit struck conditions that did not.
- Could Appealing Your Supervised Release Term Backfire?
It can. Winning a sentencing appeal can reopen the whole sentence, as Lopez-Pastrana shows, even when the court agrees the supervised release term was improper.
- Can a Judge Lengthen Your Supervised Release to Punish You?
No. A judge may not set the length of supervised release to punish you for your crime, as United States v. Burden explains and Esteras (2025) confirms.
- Can a Judge Order Drug Testing on Release If You Have No Drug Problem?
Not without support in the record. The Fifth Circuit struck a special drug testing condition because nothing showed a current drug problem.
- Can Hearsay Be Used to Revoke Your Supervised Release?
Not automatically. A judge must weigh your right to question the witness before relying on hearsay to revoke supervised release, the Tenth Circuit held.
- Can Your Probation Officer Decide Whether You Must Attend Treatment?
No. The judge, not your probation officer, must decide whether you have to attend a treatment program, the Fifth Circuit held in United States v. Yarbrough.
- Can Supervised Release Be Revoked After the Term Ends?
Generally no. A court cannot revoke supervised release after the term ends unless a warrant or summons was issued before it ended.