Is a probation condition requiring a probationee to not be involved in any criminal street gang unconstitutional?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. J.A. (In re J.A.), F077750 (Cal. App. 2019):
J.A. argues that the probation condition requiring that he "'not be involved in any criminal street gang'" is constitutionally vague as to "'criminal street gang,'" and he proposes that it be modified to incorporate the statutory definition set forth in subdivisions (e) and (f) of section 186.22. (People v. Lopez (1998) 66 Cal.App.4th 615,
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