Opinion ID: 1988108
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Heading: Batterer's Education Program.

Text: The defendant challenges the sentencing court's authority to order her to attend a batterer's education program absent a conviction of domestic abuse. See Iowa Code §§ 708.2A(9), 708.2B. The legislature has given the courts broad, but not unlimited, authority in establishing the conditions of probation. See State v. Rogers, 251 N.W.2d 239, 242-43 (Iowa 1977); see also Iowa Code § 907.3(3). Probationers are subject to any reasonable conditions the court may impose to promote rehabilitation of the defendant or protection of the community. Iowa Code § 907.6; State v. Akers, 435 N.W.2d 332, 335 (Iowa 1989). We cannot find the imposition of a batterer's treatment program was reasonable in this case. The defendant was acquitted of the domestic abuse charge and there was no indication she had a prior history of such conduct. The sentencing court erred in ordering this condition of probation.