Court Opinion

ID: 9729242
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:29:54.009956+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:56.358103
License: Public Domain

BROWN (G. A.), P. J.
I concur in the reasoning and result of the principal opinion insofar as it predicates the invalidation of condition 4 of the probation conditions upon the principles enunciated in People v. Lent (1975) 15 Cal.3d 481, 486 [124 Cal.Rptr. 905, 541 P.2d 545], and the reasonableness requirement articulated in People v. Keller (1978) 76 Cal.App.3d 827, 839-840 [143 Cal.Rptr. 184]. However, under well established principles of judicial review constitutional issues should not be reached or decided unless absolutely essential to the disposition of a cause. Since the case is fully and definitively disposed of on the basis of Lent and Keller I see no reason why the court should reach out to decide the constitutional issue and therefore do not concur in that discussion or the disposition insofar as it is based upon that ground.