California Supreme Court

People v. Bryant

July 29, 2021281 Cal. Rptr. 3d 663

Summary

The court held that discretionary conditions imposed during mandatory supervision must be evaluated for reasonableness under the Lent test on a case-by-case basis, rather than being treated as categorically reasonable because of the defendant's supervision status. An electronics-search condition therefore requires a proportional relationship between its privacy burden and legitimate supervision interests, supported by the defendant's offense or personal history. The court affirmed the Court of Appeal's judgment striking the condition, accepting the People's concession that it was invalid under this framework.