Is a probation condition that prohibits a probationer from committing a crime while on probation reasonable?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Suastegui, D074215 (Cal. App. 2019):

Also, a probation condition is reasonable if it ensures "that a probationer complies with the terms of his or her probation and does not reoffend," by allowing a probation officer to "be able to properly supervise that probationer." (People v. Olguin (2008) 45 Cal.4th 375, 381 (Olguin).) Therefore, a condition that gives probation officers the ability to "determine not only whether [the probationer] disobeys the law, but also whether [the probationer] obeys the law" is reasonably aimed at deterring future criminality. (Id. at p. 382.)

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