United States v. Wpl, Juvenile

Defendant W.P.L., a juvenile, appeals the district court’s imposition of a condition of supervised release that he register as a sex offender “if required by law.” Reviewing for abuse of discretion, United States v. T.M., 330 F.3d 1235 , 1240 n. 2 (9th Cir.2003), we affirm.

The district court did not make a legal determination that Defendant must register as a sex offender. Instead, it imposed the condition that he register only “if required by law.” It is within a district court’s discretion to impose a condition of supervised release that a defendant comply with mandatory legal duties. 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a). Indeed, district courts commonly and properly impose a condition of supervised release that the defendant not violate federal, state, or local laws. We therefore reject Defendant’s facial challenge to the condition of supervised release. See United States v. Talbert, 501 F.3d 449, 452 (5th Cir.2007)(rejecting a challenge to a term of supervised release that the defendant “ ‘register as a sex offender under state law if required to do so’ ” because “it is axiomatic that a district court can include as a condition that the defendant obey the law”).

Our decision does…