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· 10/9/1979

United States v. Richard A. Tonry

Citations

  • 605 F.2d 144
  • 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 11337

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  • ruling that probationer convicted of violating federal election laws could be lawfully prohibited from running for political office or engaging in political activities during period of probation because the condition was reasonably related to the probationer's rehabilitation
  • ruling that probationer convicted of violating federal election laws could be lawfully prohibited from running for political office or engaging in political activities during period of probation because the condition was reasonably related to the probationer's rehabilitation
  • upholding condition prohibiting violator of Federal Election Campaign Act from running for political office or engaging in political activity
  • prohibiting a probationer convicted of election-law violations from running for office or engaging in political activity
  • rejecting claim that condition prohibiting offender from running for state political office unconstitutionally intruded upon state’s prerogative to supervise its own elections
  • finding condition limiting probationer’s right to participate in political activity did not offend statutory or constitutional law where probationer pled guilty to four misdemeanor violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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Judges: Goldberg, Fay, Rubin

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