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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF ALASKA 

JOSE ALFREDO GALINDO, 

Appellant, 

Court of Appeals No. A-12870 

Trial Court No. 4FA-13-03428 CR 

v. 

STATE OF ALASKA, 

O P I N I O N 

Appellee. No. 2690 — January 29, 2021 

Appeal from the Superior Court, Fourth Judicial District, 

Fairbanks, Paul R. Lyle, Judge. 

Appearances: Sharon Barr, Assistant Public Defender, and Beth 

Goldstein, Acting Public Defender, Anchorage, for the 

Appellant. Diane L. Wendlandt, Assistant Attorney General, 

Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and Kevin G. Clarkson, 

Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. 

Before: Allard, Chief Judge, and Wollenberg and Harbison, 

Judges. 

Judge WOLLENBERG. 

Following a jury trial, Jose Alfredo Galindo was convicted of first-degree 

sexual assault for penetrating J.C.’s vagina with a plastic bottle without her consent and 

second-degree criminal trespass for unlawfully entering a building after the incident in 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an attempt to avoid the police.1 Galindo now appeals his conviction and sentence, and 

he challenges several conditions of his probation. 

Why we conclude that there was sufficient evidence to support Galindo’s 

conviction for first-degree sexual assault 

Galindo first argues that there was insufficient evidence presented at trial 

to convict himof first-degree sexual assault. To prove this charge, the State was required 

to establish that (1) Galindo knowingly engaged in an act of sexual penetration of J.C., 

(2) that the sexual penetration was “without consent,” as that phrase is defined in 

AS 11.41.470(8)(A), and (3) that Galindo recklessly disregarded J.C.’s lack of consent.2 

On appeal, Galindo asserts that the State failed to prove that the penetration 

was without J.C.’s consent and that Galindo recklessly disregarded J.C.’s lack of 

consent. Galindo and J.C. had a prior dating and sexual relationship, and at trial, Galindo 

argued that the act of sexual penetration was consensual. Galindo argues that J.C. was 

not a credible witness and that her statements were either inconsistent or not believable. 

But when this Court reviews the sufficiency of the evidence to support a 

conviction, we do not weigh the credibility of witnesses, as witness credibility is 

exclusively a question for the jury.3 Rather, we view the evidence, and all reasonable 

1 AS 11.41.410(a)(1) and AS 11.46.330(a)(1), respectively. 

2 AS 11.41.410(a)(1); AS 11.41.470(8)(A) (providing that an act of sexual penetration 

is “without consent” if “a person[,] with or without resisting, is coerced by the use of force 

against a person or property, or by the express or implied threat of death, imminent physical 

injury, or kidnapping”); see also Inga v. State, 440 P.3d 345, 349 (Alaska App. 2019) (“[T]o 

establish that sexual activity occurred without consent, the State must prove that the victim 

was not willing to engage in the sexual activity, and that the victim was coerced by force or 

by the threat of force.”). 

3 Morrell v. State, 216 P.3d 574, 576 (Alaska App. 2009) (citing Ratliff v. State, 798 

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inferences from that evidence, in the light most favorable to upholding the jury’s verdict. 

We then ask whether a reasonable juror could have concluded that the State had proved 

its case beyond a reasonable doubt.4 

Viewing the evidence, including J.C.’s testimony, in the light most 

favorable to upholding the jury’s verdict, we conclude that there was sufficient evidence 

to support Galindo’s conviction. J.C. gave a detailed description of the alleged assault. 

She testified that Galindo forced her down on a bed and positioned himself on top of her 

while he inserted something cold into her vagina. According to J.C., she jerked herself 

up and looked down to discover that Galindo had shoved a plastic bottle into her vagina. 

J.C. started yelling at Galindo, threw the bottle across the room, jumped off the bed, and 

grabbed her clothes. J.C. then left the room and ran down the stairs, screaming for help. 

A third-party witness who was sleeping downstairs testified that he awoke 

to J.C.’s screaming and her footsteps on the stairs. When J.C. got downstairs, she was 

agitated and distressed and stated that Galindo had “raped her with a bottle.” J.C. called 

911, and when the police responded, she showed them the bottle that Galindo had used 

to penetrate her. Later, in multiple calls to J.C. from the jail, Galindo admitted to 

assaulting J.C., repeatedly apologized to her, and tried to convince her not to testify. 

Giventhisevidence, areasonablejuror could concludebeyondareasonable 

doubt that Galindo penetrated J.C. without consent, and that Galindo recklessly 

disregarded J.C.’s lack of consent. We therefore reject Galindo’s claim of insufficient 

evidence, and we affirm Galindo’s conviction. 

3 (...continued) 

P.2d 1288, 1291 (Alaska App. 1990)); Daniels v. State, 767 P.2d 1163, 1167 (Alaska App. 

1989). 

4 Iyapana v. State, 284 P.3d 841, 848-49 (Alaska App. 2012); Johnson v. State, 188 

P.3d 700, 702 (Alaska App. 2008). 

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Why we reject Galindo’s excessive sentence claim 

As a first felony offender, Galindo was subject to a presumptive sentence 

of 20 to 30 years for his first-degree sexual assault conviction.5 Because the jury found 

an aggravating factor —that Galindo had committed a crime against a person with whom 

he had a dating relationship or sexual relationship6 — the court had the authority to 

sentence Galindo up to the maximum sentence of 99 years.7 Galindo faced a maximum 

sentence of 10 days for the second-degree criminal trespass conviction.8 

The court sentenced Galindo to 35 years with 7 years suspended for the 

first-degree sexual assault and 10 days for the second-degree criminal trespass, with the 

sentences to be served concurrently — a composite sentence of 35 years with 7 years 

suspended (28 years to serve). 

Galindo now appeals his sentence as excessive. Galindo challenges the 

superior court’s findings that he had a low likelihood of rehabilitation and needed a 

significant period of isolation based on his seven prior misdemeanor domestic violence 

convictions and multiple probation violations and prison disciplinary infractions.9

 He 

argues that a shorter sentence would have adequately addressed deterrence and 

community condemnation.10 Galindo also contends that the court should not have given 

any weight to the aggravating factor. 

5 AS 12.55.125(i)(1)(A)(ii). 

6 AS 12.55.155(c)(18)(D). 

7 AS 12.55.125(i)(1). 

8 Former AS 12.55.135(b) (2017). 

9 See AS 12.55.005. 

10 See id. 

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But the sentencing judge bears primary responsibility for determining the 

priority and relationship of the various sentencing objectives in a given case.11 The 

sentencing judge also has discretion to determine the weight to give an aggravating or 

mitigating factor.12 We will not disturb a judge’s sentencing decision unless it is clearly 

mistaken.13 

At the time of the offense in this case, Galindo was forty-three years old. 

The court found that, although he did not have any prior felony convictions, Galindo had 

“a disturbing criminal history” that was “marked primarily by domestic violence against 

intimate partners.” In particular, Galindo had four prior convictions for violating a 

protective order and three prior convictions for fourth-degree assault, including one 

against J.C. The court also noted that Galindo had multiple prior probation violations, 

and was on probation and conditions of release at the time he committed the offense in 

this case. As a result, the court found that Galindo was “a persistent threat to the 

community.” 

The court engaged in a thorough analysis of the Chaney criteria, and 

ultimately determined that the sentence imposed was necessary for public safety and to 

reaffirm societal norms and the seriousness of the offense.14 

11 Asitonia v. State, 508 P.2d 1023, 1026 (Alaska 1973).
 

12 Machado v. State, 797 P.2d 677, 689 (Alaska App. 1990).
 

13 Pickard v. State, 965 P.2d 755, 760 (Alaska App. 1998) (citing Nicholas v. State, 477
 

P.2d 447, 448-49 (Alaska 1970)). 

14 See State v. Chaney, 477 P.2d 441, 444 (Alaska 1970); AS 12.55.005. 

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When we review an excessive sentence claim, we independently examine 

the record to determine whether the sentence is clearly mistaken.15 This standard 

contemplates that “reasonable judges, confronted with identical facts, can and will differ 

on what constitutes an appropriate sentence” and that a reviewing court will only modify 

a sentence if it falls outside “a permissible range of reasonable sentences.”16 

While some judges may have imposed a lower sentence, we cannot say that 

the relative weight that the court ascribed to each of the sentencing criteria, or the 

ultimate sentence imposed by the court, was clearly mistaken. 

Why we reverse the portion of Special Condition of Probation No. 5 that 

authorizes residential treatment if recommended 

Special Condition of Probation No. 5 requires Galindo, inter alia, to enroll 

in a residential mental health or substance abuse program, if such a program is 

“determined [to be] necessary by an appropriate mental health or substance abuse 

professional,” and to stay in the residential program “for a length of time determined 

necessary by the appropriate professionals.” Galindo argues that this portion of the 

condition is illegal because it fails to set a maximum term for residential treatment. We 

agree with Galindo that the failure to set an upper limit for the residential treatment 

15 McClain v. State, 519 P.2d 811, 813-14 (Alaska 1974). 

16 Erickson v. State, 950 P.2d 580, 586 (Alaska App. 1997) (citations and internal 

quotations omitted). 

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provision is contrary to both statute and case law,17 and thus plainly erroneous 

notwithstanding his failure to object in the trial court to this portion of the condition.18 

The State concedes that the omission of a maximum period of residential 

treatment was erroneous, but argues that the proper remedy is to remand Galindo’s case 

to the superior court for further consideration of the residential treatment condition. But 

once a sentence has been meaningfully imposed, the imposition of a maximum term for 

residential treatment constitutes an illegal increase in the defendant’s sentence in 

violation of the prohibition against double jeopardy.19 In Christensen v. State, we 

suggested that there might be an exception to this rule if the imposition of residential 

treatment was integral to the trial court’s sentencing decision.20 But the record in this 

case does not demonstrate that the residential treatment provision played a vital role in 

the superior court’s overall sentencing decision. 

We therefore reverse the portion of Special Condition No. 5 authorizing 

residential treatment.21 

17 See AS 12.55.100(c) (providing that a program of inpatient treatment must be 

authorized, and may not exceed a maximum term of inpatient treatment specified, in the 

judgment); Christensen v. State, 844 P.2d 557, 558-59 (Alaska App. 1993) (holding that a 

probation condition requiring residential treatment if recommended by a substance abuse 

evaluation was illegal because it failed to set a maximum period for such treatment). 

18 See State v. Ranstead, 421 P.3d 15, 24 (Alaska 2018) (“[A]n illegal condition of 

probation is one that is substantively erroneous — that is, actually contrary to Roman or other 

applicable law.”). 

19 Christensen, 844 P.2d at 558-59; see also Dodge v. Anchorage, 877 P.2d 270, 272 

(Alaska App. 1994). 

20 Christensen, 844 P.2d at 559. 

21 See Luke v. State, 2018 WL 4490908, at *4 (Alaska App. Sept. 19, 2018) 

(unpublished); Daley v. State, 2018 WL 4144978, at *2 (Alaska App. Aug. 29, 2018) 

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Galindo’s remaining challenges to his probation conditions 

Galindo challenges four additional probation conditions. Because Galindo 

did not object to these conditions in the trial court, he must now show plain error.22 

Each of the challenged conditions implicates Galindo’s constitutional 

rights. When a probation condition implicates a defendant’s constitutional rights, a court 

must apply special scrutiny to ensure that the condition is “narrowly tailored to avoid 

unnecessary interference with the constitutional right at issue.”23 Accordingly, a court 

may not impose such a condition based solely on the fact that the defendant was 

convicted of a certain category of crime; rather, the court must “affirmatively consider 

and have good reason for rejecting lesser restrictions.”24 

We have reviewed the four conditions challenged by Galindo. Although 

Galindo did not object to the conditions in the trial court, it is clear that each of the 

conditions raises obvious concerns — either because the record is plainly deficient to 

support the condition,25 or because there are obviously less restrictive alternatives to the 

21 (...continued) 

(unpublished). 

22 Ranstead, 421 P.3d at 23. 

23 Glasgow v. State, 355 P.3d 597, 600 (Alaska App. 2015); see also Simants v. State, 

329 P.3d 1033, 1038-39 (Alaska App. 2014); Diorec v. State, 295 P.3d 409, 412 (Alaska 

App. 2013). 

24 Peratrovich v. State, 903 P.2d 1071, 1079 (Alaska App. 1995); see also Dawson v. 

State, 894 P.2d 672, 680-81 (Alaska App. 1995). 

25 See, e.g., Hauge v. State, 2019 WL 4464683, at *5 (Alaska App. Sept. 18, 2019) 

(unpublished) (directing the trial court to reconsider a probation condition that precluded the 

defendant from possessing a firearm, even in the absence of any objection, because the 

record was “plainly devoid” of any support for the condition in that case). 

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challenged condition.26 We therefore remand for reconsideration of all four of the 

conditions. 

Special Condition No. 3: This probation condition requires Galindo to 

actively participate in Department of Corrections-approved programming as directed by 

his probation officer and abide by all conditions of the treatment program, which may 

include plethysmograph assessment. Galindo challenges the inclusion of the 

plethysmograph assessment, arguing that the use of such an invasive test implicates 

Galindo’s liberty interests and should be vacated because Galindo is already subject to 

less restrictive testing like polygraph examinations. 

Plethysmograph testing is a procedure that “involves placing a 

pressure-sensitive device around a man’s penis, presenting him with an array of sexually 

stimulating images, and determining his level of sexual attraction by measuring minute 

changes in his erectile responses.”27 As the Ninth Circuit has noted, plethysmograph 

testing “not only encompasses a physical intrusion but a mental one, involving not only 

a measure of the subject’s genitalia but a probing of his innermost thoughts as well.”28 

We have previously held that plethysmograph testing is sufficiently intrusive and 

26 See, e.g., Powell v. State, 2018 WL 3660226, at *2-3 (Alaska App. Aug. 1, 2018) 

(unpublished) (directing the trial court to reconsider a probation condition that limited the 

defendant’s contact with his mother and brother, even in the absence of any objection, when 

it was readily apparent that reasonable, lesser restrictions were available). 

27 United States v. Weber, 451 F.3d 552, 554 (9th Cir. 2006) (internal quotations 

omitted). 

28 Id. at 562-63 (citation omitted). 

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demeaning as to implicate a liberty interest, and we have repeatedly vacated this 

condition, or remanded for application of special scrutiny.29 

The State acknowledges that the current record is inadequate to support the 

imposition of plethysmograph assessment, but given Galindo’s failure to object in the 

superior court, the State argues that we should allow the superior court to reconsider this 

portion of the condition, applying special scrutiny. Although we agree that a remand is 

appropriate under these circumstances, we question whether such an intrusive 

requirement could ever satisfy special scrutiny.30 It is also unclear whether Alaska 

currently employs such testing in its supervision of sex offenders, an issue that the court 

may wish to address on remand. 

Special Condition No. 6: This probation condition requires Galindo to 

“comply with [the] use of prescribed medications, if any.” Galindo argues that there is 

no indication in the record that he has a history of not taking or abusing prescription 

medication, and thus this condition has no connection to his convictions or to his 

rehabilitation. Galindo also argues that the condition is overbroad, since it requires him 

to takeany prescribedmedication, regardlessofits purpose, and that it is unconstitutional 

because it lacks any judicial oversight. 

29 See, e.g., Gardner v. State, 2018 WL 6418086, at *4 (Alaska App. Dec. 5, 2018) 

(unpublished); Luke v. State, 2018 WL 4490908, at *4 (Alaska App. Sept. 19, 2018) 

(unpublished); Daley v. State, 2018 WL 4144978, at *1 (Alaska App. Aug. 29, 2018) 

(unpublished); Giddings v. State, 2018 WL 3301624, at *4-5 (Alaska App. July 5, 2018) 

(unpublished); Kon v. State, 2018 WL 480454, at *5 (Alaska App. Jan. 17, 2018) 

(unpublished). 

30 See, e.g., United States v. McLaurin, 731 F.3d 258, 261-62 (2d Cir. 2013) (vacating 

a plethysmography condition because the procedure was not “narrowly tailored to serve a 

compelling government interest” and noting that “[t]here is a line at which the government 

must stop. Penile plethysmography testing crosses it.”) (internal quotations omitted). 

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We have repeatedly vacated or remanded similar conditions — either 

because they lacked any factual grounding in the record demonstrating that a particular 

medication was necessary to facilitate a defendant’s rehabilitation31 or because the 

condition failed to include a mechanism for judicial review of the forced medication.32 

The State concedes that the record is inadequate to support this condition, 

but requests an opportunity to present evidence and argument in support of the condition 

on remand. Given the absence of an objection in the trial court, we conclude that it is 

appropriate to remand this condition to the superior court to afford the State an 

opportunity to present evidence in support of the condition and — if the State elects to 

present evidence — for the court to apply special scrutiny to the proposed condition.33 

We note, however, that to the extent Special Condition No. 6 requires 

Galindo to take any medication that is prescribed to him, without any connection to his 

31 See Dere v. State, 444 P.3d 204, 226 (Alaska App. 2019) (noting that the sentencing 

judge failed to take any testimony or enter findings to justify the need for forced medication); 

see also Abarca v. State, 2020 WL 7238380, at *1-2 (Alaska App. Dec. 9, 2020) 

(unpublished). 

32 See Love v. State, 436 P.3d 1058, 1060-61 (Alaska 2018) (discussing Kozevnikoff v. 

State, 433 P.3d 546, 547-48 (Alaska App. 2018)); see also Dere, 444 P.3d at 226; Huff v. 

State, 2019 WL 2451009, at *3-4 (Alaska App. June 12, 2019) (unpublished); Clifton v. 

State, 2019 WL 11093436, at *2-3 (Alaska App. Feb. 6, 2019) (unpublished); Wilson v. 

State, 2018 WL 4492289, at *3 (Alaska App. Sept. 19, 2018) (unpublished). 

33 See Glasgow v. State, 355 P.3d 597, 600 (Alaska App. 2015) (recognizing the right 

to make independent medical choices and the need to narrowly tailor probation conditions 

related to medical treatment so as to not infringe on this right unnecessarily); see also 

Huffman v. State, 204 P.3d 339, 346 (Alaska 2009) (holding that “the right to make decisions 

about medical treatments for oneself . . . is a fundamental liberty and privacy right in 

Alaska”); Rollins v. Ulmer, 15 P.3d 749, 752, 754 (Alaska 2001) (recognizing a 

“constitutional right to make independent medical choices,” grounded in the right to privacy). 

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rehabilitation, it cannot survive special scrutiny.34 Over the course of a probationer’s 

supervision, the probationer may make numerous medical decisions that are unrelated 

to his crime or to his potential for future criminality; these types of decisions should not 

subject the probationer to incarceration for failing to follow medical advice.35 

To the extent the condition merely precludes Galindo from abusing any 

prescribed medication that he elects to take, there is no evidence currently in the record 

to suggest that Galindo has a history of not taking or abusing prescription medication, 

or that such a condition is otherwise reasonably related to his rehabilitation or to the 

protection of the public.36 

If the superior court determines on remand that a modified version of this 

condition is appropriate and necessary, the court should clarify the meaning of the 

condition and provide a clear mechanism for judicial review prior to the compelled 

administration of any medication.37 

34 See Baker v. State, 2003 WL 21663992, at *1-2 (Alaska App. July 16, 2003) 

(unpublished) (vacating a probation condition requiring the defendant to take any 

medications prescribed by a licensed practitioner as there was no evidence in the record that 

the condition would protect the public or serve to rehabilitate the defendant). 

35 See, e.g., In re Luis F., 177 Cal.App.4th 176, 184, 99 Cal.Rptr.3d 174, 181 (Cal. App. 

2009) (“We agree with Luis that if the medication requirement were intended to subject him 

to future incarceration for failing to treat his toenail fungus as prescribed by a doctor, it 

would be impermissibly overbroad — not to mention unreasonable and arbitrary.”). 

36 See Bedwell v. State, 2018 WL 2277363, at *8 (Alaska App. May 16, 2018) 

(unpublished). 

37 See Dere v. State, 444 P.3d 204, 226 (Alaska App. 2019) (citing Kozevnikoff v. State, 

433 P.3d 546 (Alaska App. 2018)). 

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Special Conditions Nos. 13 & 14: Special Condition No. 13 prohibits 

Galindo from possessing any sexually explicit material without prior permission of the 

probation office and Galindo’s sex offender treatment provider. Special Condition No. 

14 requires Galindo to submit to a search for any such material. “Sexually explicit 

material” is defined as “materials depicting conduct set forth in AS 11.41.455(a), 

regardless of whether the conduct depicted involves adults or minors.” 

The court’s reliance on AS 11.41.455(a) to define “sexually explicit 

material” appears to be an attempt to comply with our decision in Diorec v. State, a case 

in which the defendant was convicted of unlawful exploitation of a minor.38 In Diorec, 

we held that the term “sexually explicit material” in a similar probation condition was 

unconstitutionally vague, and we directed the superior court to revise the condition to 

provide the defendant with constitutionally adequate notice of the materials he was 

prohibited from possessing.39 In doing so, we suggested that the definition set out in 

AS 11.41.455(a) — which establishes the crime of unlawful exploitation of a minor and 

contains a list of sexual conduct involving a child under eighteen years of age — could 

provide a useful reference point.40 

At the same time, since Diorec, we have also recognized that when the 

definition set out in AS 11.41.455(a) is expanded to include adults, it is “likely to include 

depictions of sexual activity . . . that ‘[are] now relatively commonplace within 

38 Diorec v. State, 295 P.3d 409 (Alaska App. 2013). 

39 Id. at 417. 

40 Id. at 417-18. Alaska Statute 11.41.455(a) — the crime of unlawful exploitation of 

a minor — refers to the following actual or simulated conduct engaged in by a child under 

18 years of age: (1) sexual penetration; (2) the lewd touching of another person’s genitals, 

anus, or breast; (3) the lewd touching by another person of the child’s genitals, anus, or 

breast; (4) masturbation; (5) bestiality; (6) the lewd exhibition of the child’s genitals; and (7) 

sexual masochism or sadism. 

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mainstream media, cable television shows, and movies.’”41 This is potentially 

problematic because the right to possess sexually explicit material involving adults is 

constitutionally protected under the First Amendment.42 

Galindo has been convicted of a crime against an adult. And Special 

Conditions Nos. 13 and 14 — which restrict Galindo’s possession of “sexually explicit 

material” — define this phrase by reference to a statute that captures conduct involving 

minors, but the definition has been expanded to include conduct involving adults. These 

conditions therefore implicate the overbreadth concerns we have previously identified. 

The State contends that theconditions areappropriatebecauseGalindo was 

convicted of a sexual felony. In addition, the State notes that J.C. testified at trial that — 

when she announced that she was calling the police — Galindo told her that he had taken 

intimate photographs of her without her knowledge, and he threatened to send them to 

her family members and post them online if she reported the sexual assault. This 

evidence might support a more restrictive condition — for example, a condition 

prohibiting Galindo from taking or distributing sexually explicit photos or videos. But 

there is no evidence currently in the record that Galindo’s rehabilitation would be 

41 Whiting v. State, 2014 WL 6713200, at *2 (Alaska App. Nov. 26, 2014) (unpublished) 

(quoting Johnston v. State, 2013 WL 4780812, at *3 (Alaska App. Sept. 4, 2013) 

(unpublished)). 

42 See United States v. Williams, 553 U.S. 285, 288 (2008) (right to possess sexually 

explicit material involving adults); Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 535 U.S. 234, 240 

(2002) (“As a general rule, pornography can be banned only if obscene, but . . . pornography 

showing minors can be proscribed whether or not the images are obscene” under the Court’s 

definition of obscenity.); Smith v. State, 349 P.3d 1087, 1094 (Alaska App. 2015) 

(recognizing that probation conditions limiting the defendant’s access to sexually explicit 

material potentiallyinfringed on the defendant’s First Amendment rights); see also Ackerman 

v. State, 2019 WL 856724, at *11 (Alaska App. Feb. 20, 2019) (unpublished); Johnston, 

2013 WL 4780812, at *2; Timm v. State, 2000 WL 1745221, at *3 (Alaska App. Nov. 29, 

2000) (unpublished). 

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hampered by possessing or viewing the type of mainstream media or images that the 

broad definition of “sexually explicit material” in these conditions seemingly includes. 

We therefore remand Special Conditions Nos. 13 and 14 for the superior 

court to determine whether the conditions are reasonably related to the goals of probation 

and “narrowly tailored to avoid unnecessary interference” with Galindo’s constitutional 

rights,43 and if so, to reconsider the definition of “sexually explicit material” employed 

in the conditions. 

Conclusion 

We REMAND Galindo’s case to the superior court for reconsideration of 

the plethysmograph provision in Special Condition of Probation No. 3, as well as Special 

Conditions of Probation Nos. 6, 13, and 14, in accordance with the guidance provided 

in this opinion. We REVERSE the residential treatment provision in Special Condition 

of Probation No. 5. With those exceptions, we AFFIRM the judgment of the superior 

court. 

43 See Simants v. State, 329 P.3d 1033, 1039 (Alaska App. 2014) (internal quotations 

omitted). 

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