California Court of Appeal

In appeal of a juvenile court sentence, the merits of the case are addressed although defendant's appeal is moot because the issue is likely to recur. Probation condition requiring defendant to wear a global positioning system (GPS) device is affirmed where: 1) the juvenile court acted within its broad discretion over probation conditions; 2) wearing a monitoring device is not an invasion of defendant's right to privacy as it is not overly intrusive, arbitrary or harassing; and 3) imposing of the monitoring condition does not deny him the equal protection of the law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/19/2009
• Published 02/19/2009

Judges

• POLLAK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Bryant, Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff and respondent., Stephani M. Adraktas, San Francisco, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for defendant and appellant.