State v. Valin

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding a challenge to the legality of a sentence is reviewed for correction of legal error
• recognizing a defendant’s background and history are relevant to the determination of probation conditions
• stating that “any abuse of discretion necessarily results in a legal error”
• recognizing the state may impose reasonable conditions of probation, but holding that a probation condition requiring a sex offender who was convicted of operating while intoxicated to be subjected to a penile plethysmograph exam for sexual arousal was unreasonable
• recognizing the state may impose reasonable conditions of probation, but holding that a probation condition requiring a sex offender who was convicted of operating while intoxicated to be subjected to a penile plethysmograph exam for sexual arousal was unreasonable
• stating that “any abuse of discretion necessarily results in legal error”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).