Rico v. United States · ¶5

Under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, supervised release serves as a transitional period between incarceration and freedom. See Mont v. United States, 587 U. S. 514, 523 (2019). While on supervised release, a criminal defendant must comply with various conditions. Some of those conditions (like: commit no more crimes) are as mandatory as they are obvious. 18 U. S. C. § 3583(d). Others may be imposed at the discretion of the sentencing judge. Ibid. Common discretionary conditions include “ `report[ing] to a probation officer as directed' ” and “ `notify[ing] the probation officer promptly of any change in address.' ” Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Overview of Probation and Supervised Release Conditions 16, 24 (July 2024) (quoting §§ 3563(b)(15), (17)). Should a defendant violate any prescribed condition, whether mandatory or discretionary, a judge may revoke his…

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