United States v. James Kincaid Heath

How courts have described this case

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• holding that condition allowing probation officer to decide whether defendant must participate in mental-health program was unlawful delegation of judicial function in violation of Article III of U.S. Constitution
• holding that condition allowing probation officer to decide whether defendant must participate in mental-health program was unlawful delegation of judicial function in violation of Article III of U.S. Constitution
• concluding that court committed plain error by delegating to probation officer authority to decide whether defendant had to participate in mental-health program because error was plain and affected substantial rights
• holding that delegating to a probation officer the decision whether a defendant will participate in a treatment program was plain error
• improper to delegate to the probation officer the authority to determine whether defendant should participate in a mental health program

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