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TWO IRRELEVANT PROBATION CONDITIONS STRUCK, NON-CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO PROBATION CONDITIONS NEED NOT BE PRESERVED; FACIAL CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES SURVIVE A WAIVER OF APPEAL BUT MUST BE PRESERVED; AS-APPLIED CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES ARE PRECLUDED BY THE WAIVER OF APPEAL (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined (1) non-constitutional challenges to probation conditions need not be preserved for appeal; (2) although the facial constitutional challenges to probation conditions survive a waiver of appeal, they were not preserved for appeal; (3), the as-applied constitutional challenges are precluded by the waiver of appeal; and (4) two probation conditions must be struck as not relevant to defendant’s criminal history or personal life. In addition, the decision identifies several probation conditions which were deemed properly imposed in this drug-possession case:

At the time of his arrest, defendant possessed 100 glassines of heroin and 50 vials of crack cocaine. Accordingly, the sentencing court providently deemed it “reasonably necessary” to order defendant to “[a]void injurious or vicious habits; refrain from frequenting unlawful or disreputable places; and . . . not consort with disreputable people” “to insure that the defendant will lead a law-abiding life or to assist him to do so” … . Based on defendant’s selling of heroin, the court also properly ordered him to “[w]ork faithfully at a suitable employment or pursue a course of study or vocational training … that can lead to suitable employment” and to “[s]ubmit proof of such employment, study or training … . For the same reason, the court providently required defendant to submit to testing for alcohol and illegal substances and to participate in substance abuse programming … . …

There is … no evidence to support requiring defendant, who has no children, to “[s]upport dependents and meet other family responsibilities” … . … [T]here is no evidence to support requiring defendant to “[r]efrain from wearing or displaying gang paraphernalia and having any association with a gang or members of a gang … “. People v Tompson, 2026 NY Slip Op 00325, First Dept 1-27-26

Practice Point: Consult this decision for insight into what probation conditions are appropriate for a drug-possession conviction.

Practice Point: Consult this decision for insight into the appealability of challenges to probation conditions.

 

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