Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided August 4, 1987Published
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Don R. Stiles Executive Director Adult Probation Commission 8100 Cameron Road Suite 600, Building B Austin, Texas 78753
Re: Constitutional validity of electronic monitoring of probationers
Dear Mr. Stiles:
You inform us that the Adult Probation Commission is considering a proposal to permit the use of electronic monitoring devices as a condition of probation. The devices will be employed primarily to monitor a probationer's compliance with curfew hours imposed by the court. Some of the monitoring systems require the probationer to wear an electronic device attached to his or her body at all…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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