State v. Maher

Citations

• 2026 ND 35

Syllabus

This Court will only vacate a district court's sentencing decision if the court acted outside statutorily prescribed limits or substantially relied on an impermissible factor. A district court may tailor probation conditions to each case's particular facts and circumstances as long as the conditions are reasonably necessary to ensure the defendant will lead a law-abiding life or to assist the defendant to do so. The constitutional right to parent is not without limits. Courts may impose sentences that may conflict with a parenting order when imposing such sentence serves other penological interests.