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A WAIVER OF APPEAL DOES NOT PRECLUDE A CHALLENGE TO A PROBATION CONDITION ALLOWING WARRANTLESS SEARCHES; THE CONDITION ALLOWING ALLOWING WARRANTLESS SEARCHES FOR DRUGS WAS NOT REASONABLY RELATED TO DEFENDANT’S REHABILITATION (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined (1) a waiver of appeal does not preclude a challenge to a probation condition allowing warrantless searches, and (2) there was no justification for the condition allowing warrantless searches for drugs:

Defendant’s appeal waiver does not foreclose his challenge to the condition of probation requiring that he consent to warrantless searches of his person, vehicle, and home for weapons, drugs, and drug paraphernalia … , which also does not require preservation … . To the extent this condition authorized the Department of Probation to conduct warrantless searches for weapons, we find that it was “reasonably necessary to insure that the defendant will lead a law-abiding life or to assist him to do so” … , “given that he was armed with a sharp object when he committed this violent offense” … .

However, the portion of the condition of probation authorizing warrantless searches by a probation officer for illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia “was not reasonably related to defendant’s rehabilitation” … . Defendant’s crime “did not appear connected to the sale or use of drugs” (id.), he was not “under the influence of any substance” when he committed the offense, and he “had no history of offenses involving substance abuse” … . People v Rivera, 2025 NY Slip Op 03654, First Dept 6-17-25

Practice Point: A wavier of appeal does not preclude a challenge to a probation condition allowing warrantless searches.

Practice Point: A condition of probation allowing warrantless searches for drugs is not appropriate where there is no history of drug offenses.

 

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