In re Medina

Opinion

BEACH, J.

Nature of Proceeding:

In a petition for writ of habeas corpus defendant challenges the power of the superior court to impose additional conditions of probation based on defendant’s committing another crime while the original judgment which granted him probation was on appeal. We deny the petition.

Procedural Facts:

Upon conviction of a crime, defendant was placed on probation for four years (terminating in 1985). One of the conditions of probation was that defendant serve five months in county jail. He appealed the judgment. He was released on bail pending appeal.1 While free on…