State v. Gallo

In this criminal appeal, defendant challenges a condition of his probation that bars him from using email, social networking, or the internet without prior approval of his probation officer.1 A special condition of probation is authorized under ORS 137.540(2) if it is “reasonably related to the crime of conviction or the needs of the probationer for the protection of the public or reformation of the probationer, or both.” We review the sentencing court’s imposition of the probation condition for legal error, State v. Phillips, 206 Or App 90, 97, 135 P3d 461, rev den, 341 Or 548 (2006), and…