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State v. Moses

Citations

  • 618 A.2d 478
  • 159 Vt. 294
  • 1992 Vt. LEXIS 178

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  • explaining that court may not delegate power to impose probation condition to probation officer
  • noting that “a ‘necessary’ search is not always a reasonable one”
  • explaining that courts have broad discretion in setting probation conditions
  • stating that “[i]t is improper for the court to delegate the power to impose probation conditions to a probation officer,” and noting that Legislature “placed the power to impose probation conditions on the court, and not on the corrections department and its employees”
  • remanding so that condition is based on \findings that set a proper balance between probationer's privacy rights and the state's special needs and is [ ] narrowly tailored to reflect that balance\
  • cautioning against overbroad delegations of power by the court to probation officers and stating “the Legislature placed the power to impose probation conditions on the court, and not on the corrections department and its employees”

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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