Commonwealth v. Canadyan

How courts have described this case

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• setting aside finding that defendant violated condition of probation where homeless shelters did not have technology required for compliance
• “Having been placed on probation for a ‘sex offense,’ the defendant was required to wear a [GPS device] as a condition of his probation”
• noting \undisputed evidence that homeless shelters\ could not provide electrical outlets necessary to charge GPS units
• finding of probation violation unwarranted when probationer lacked means to comply with probation condition
• absent evidence of wilful noncompliance, defendant could not be found in violation of condition of probation
• burden is on probationer to demonstrate that through no fault of his own he is unable to comply with condition of probation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).