William Higdon v. United States

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• otherwise permissible condition of probation is invalid if negative impact on probationer is “substantially greater than is necessary to carry out [its] purposes”
• in collateral attack on probation revocation, probationer not bound by failure to seek modification of probation conditions
• requirements that defendant perform charitable work and forfeit all assets were harsher than necessary to achieve rehabilitation or public protection
• “Nor may probation conditions be the vehicle for circumvention of statutory sentencing limits.”
• \Nor may probation conditions be the vehicle for circumvention of statutory sentencing limits.\

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