Probation / Parole / PRCS

Periodic polygraph testing as a condition of probation is not per se invalid. However, the court abused its discretion in imposing testing without limiting it to questions relevant to the crime for which Brown was convicted and the completion of…

The appellate court approved a condition of the juvenile's probation that he not obtain any "new tattoos, brands, burns, piercings or any voluntary scarring." This minor, who had dispositions on three minor offenses, also had three tattoos on his body.…

A defendant who molested the granddaughters of the woman with whom he had lived for many years was not eligible for probation as a "relative" under Penal Code section 1203.066, subdivision (c)(1) (and thus avoid a mandatory life term under…

Penal Code section 1203.044, which requires the imposition of a minimum county jail sentence as a condition of probation upon conviction of various theft offenses (here, theft of an amount exceeding $50,000) applies to the theft of property other than…

Under Penal Code section 1203.1b, subdivision (a), a probationer who has been extradited following absconding from supervision may be order to pay the costs of extradition as a "reasonable cost of any probation supervision." (2-1)