People v Murdaugh

Holding The court affirmed the conviction and sentence but struck probation conditions requiring the payment of surcharges and support of dependents, finding them unrelated to rehabilitation. It rejected the defendant’s Second Amendment challenge to the good moral character provision and upheld other probation conditions as reasonably necessary.

The court’s words

the imposition of the . . . mandatory surcharge, crime victim's assistance fees, and DNA fees, as a condition of defendant's probation will not assist in ensuring he leads a law-abiding life and is not reasonably related to his rehabilitation

2026 NY Slip Op 05501, at the official text

The fact that the court conducted its colloquy after defendant signed the written waiver, which he reviewed with counsel, did not render his waiver involuntary or unknowing

2026 NY Slip Op 05501, at the official text

Defendant's valid waiver does not foreclose review of his Second Amendment challenge to New York's "good moral character" provision (Penal Law § 400.00[1][b]), and he has standing to raise this claim

2026 NY Slip Op 05501, at the official text