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TAKING A WOMAN’S DOG FOR A WALK WAS A VIOLATION OF PROBATION, THE WOMAN HAD A MISDEMEANOR DWI CONVICTION, THEREFORE THE PROBATIONER ASSOCIATED WITH A CONVICTED CRIMINAL.

The Third Department, over a two-justice dissent, determined the probation violation petition gave sufficient notice of the charges and a woman (Nichols) who had been convicted of misdemeanor DWI was a “convicted criminal” within the meaning of a condition of probation (prohibiting association with convicted criminals). The court held that it was not necessary to prove petitioner knew of the DWI conviction. The probationer apparently went to the Nichol’s apartment for the purpose of taking a dog for a walk. The dissent argued that simply taking a dog for a walk  was not “contact” or “association” with a convicted criminal:

Special condition No. 17 required defendant to refrain from associating with “convicted criminals” — as opposed to “known criminals.” Accordingly, defendant cannot avoid a violation of the subject condition simply by claiming either that he did not know that a particular individual had been convicted of a crime or that he believed that said individual was guilty of only a traffic violation. …

With respect to the issue of whether defendant “associate[d]” with Nichols within the meaning of special condition No. 17, the testimony at the hearing further demonstrated that, on approximately four occasions … , defendant called either Nichols or her daughter and thereafter went to Nichols’ apartment for the purpose of picking up and walking the dog that defendant and Nichols once shared. Notably, Nichols confirmed that she spoke with defendant, with whom she remained friends, on the telephone to make arrangements regarding the dog and testified that she personally exchanged the dog with defendant “[a]bout four times,” stating, “I would hand him the dog and he would take the dog and go down the street.” People v Kislowski, 2016 NY Slip Op 08261, 3rd Dept 12-8-16

 

CRIMINAL LAW (TAKING A WOMAN’S DOG FOR A WALK WAS A VIOLATION OF PROBATION, THE WOMAN HAD A MISDEMEANOR DWI CONVICTION, THEREFORE THE PROBATIONER ASSOCIATED WITH A CONVICTED CRIMINAL)/EVIDENCE (CRIMINAL LAW, TAKING A WOMAN’S DOG FOR A WALK WAS A VIOLATION OF PROBATION, THE WOMAN HAD A MISDEMEANOR DWI CONVICTION, THEREFORE THE PROBATIONER ASSOCIATED WITH A CONVICTED CRIMINAL)/PROBATION (VIOLATION, TAKING A WOMAN’S DOG FOR A WALK WAS A VIOLATION OF PROBATION, THE WOMAN HAD A MISDEMEANOR DWI CONVICTION, THEREFORE THE PROBATIONER ASSOCIATED WITH A CONVICTED CRIMINAL)

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