Adrian De La Torre v. United States
When a district court imposes a term of supervised release as part of a sentence, the United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long list of "standard" conditions of supervised release. Standard Condition 12 reads:
If the probation officer determines that the defendant poses a risk to another person (including an organization), the probation officer may require the defendant to notify the person about the risk and the defendant shall comply with that instruction. The probation officer may contact the person and confirm that the defendant has notified the person about the risk.
U.S.S.G. §5D1.3(c)(12), p.s. The question presented is:
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?