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Appellate Division, First Department · October 6, 2026 · 2026 NY Slip Op 05737

People v Gutierrez

Read the official decision: 2026 NY Slip Op 05737

Holding The court affirmed the conviction and sentence but modified the judgment to strike the probation condition requiring consent to searches of the defendant’s person, vehicle, or abode. The court found this specific condition was not reasonably related to the defendant’s rehabilitation, while upholding other probation conditions as reasonably necessary.

The court’s words

striking the condition of probation requiring him to consent to a search by a probation officer of his person, vehicle, or place of abode

2026 NY Slip Op 05737, at the official text

we review it in the interest of justice and strike this condition because it is not reasonably related to defendant's rehabilitation

2026 NY Slip Op 05737, at the official text
CourtAppellate Division, First Department
DecidedOctober 6, 2026
Citation2026 NY Slip Op 05737
Area of lawCriminal Law
WeekWeek ending October 10, 2026
Official textOfficial decision: 2026 NY Slip Op 05737
Publication statusSlip opinions are uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
Source feedNew York slip opinion page
Law Watch record id959
Related recordsPeople v Gutierrez, 2026 NY Slip Op 05486

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Published October 6, 2026. Updated October 6, 2026.