Supreme Court of Florida

Victor Villanueva v. State of Florida

July 7, 2016

Summary

The court held that the statute governing mandatory sex-offender probation conditions does not prohibit a trial court from imposing sex-offender therapy as a discretionary special condition for an offense not listed in the statute. It nevertheless held that the condition imposed on Villanueva was invalid because it was not reasonably related to his misdemeanor-battery conviction, independently criminal conduct, or future criminality. The court quashed the district court's decision and remanded for modification of the probation conditions.