California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Najar, E051216, Super.Ct.No. SWF027943 (Cal. App. 2011):
probation is not unbounded." (People v. Lopez (1998) 66 Cal.App.4th 615, 624.) A term of probation is invalid if it: "'(1) has no relationship to the crime of which the offender was convicted, (2) relates to conduct which is not in itself criminal, and (3) requires or forbids conduct which is not reasonably related to future criminality . . . .'" (People v. Lent (1975) 15 Cal.3d 481, 486, italics added.)
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