People v. Jose CA1/5 ( 2021 )

Filed 12/16/21 P. v. Jose CA1/5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FIVE
THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent,
A161138
v.
JULIANO JOSE, (Solano County
Super. Ct. No. FCR344511)
Defendant and Appellant.
In February 2020, defendant and appellant Juliano Jose (appellant)
pled no contest to a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse (Pen. Code, § 261.5,
subd. (c)); two other counts were dismissed. The charges arose out of an
incident in which appellant, who was 18 years old, had sex with a 13-year-old
girl. In September, the trial court suspended imposition of sentence and
granted probation, imposing a three-year term.
On appeal, appellant challenges two of the trial court’s probation
conditions on constitutional grounds. First, the court directed that
appellant was “not to possess any pornographic material unless approved in
advance in writing by therapist and/or probation officer.” Second, the court
directed that appellant was “not to access or subscribe to any computer
internet or local bulletin [board] service which provides access to or markets
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pornographic imagery, unless approved in writing by his therapist and/or
probation officer.”
Appellant contends the term “pornographic” as used in both conditions
is unconstitutionally vague. The “void-for-vagueness doctrine” “bars the
government from enforcing a provision that ‘forbids or requires the doing of
an act in terms so vague’ that people of ‘common intelligence must
necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application.’ ” (People v.
Hall (2017) 2 Cal.5th 494, 500.) Respondent agrees the term “pornographic”
is unconstitutionally vague. (See, e.g., In re D.H. (2016) 4 Cal.App.5th 722,
728.) Respondent suggests the challenged conditions should be modified to
remove the term “pornographic” and instead to reference materials or
imagery “ ‘that have a primary purpose of causing sexual arousal.’ ” (In re
David C. (2020) 47 Cal.App.5th 657, 667.) Appellant agrees that language
would be constitutional, as do we. We will remand with directions that the
trial court modify both conditions.
Appellant also contends the second challenged condition relating to
internet access is unconstitutionally overbroad. “ ‘[T]he overbreadth doctrine
requires that conditions of probation that impinge on constitutional rights
must be tailored carefully and reasonably related to the compelling state
interest in reformation and rehabilitation.’ ” (People v. Quiroz (2011)
199 Cal.App.4th 1123, 1128.) Appellant contends the language of the
condition prohibits him from using any internet browser able to access
pornographic websites, which effectively prohibits appellant from using any
internet browser for any purpose. He argues the trial court did not intend to
prevent him from accessing the internet altogether because the court opted
not to impose the standard sex offender probation condition, which would
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have broadly restricted internet access.1 Because the trial court appears to
have imposed a broader probation condition than it intended to impose, and
because we are remanding the condition for modification in any event, we
direct the court to clarify the language of the condition on remand. We need
not and do not consider whether it would be unconstitutional for the court to
broadly restrict internet use in the circumstances of the present case.
Finally, appellant argues his three-year probation term should be
reduced to two years pursuant to Assembly Bill No. 1950 (2019-2020 Reg.
Sess.) (AB 1950), effective January 1, 2021. AB 1950 “reduces felony
probation terms to two years, with certain exceptions, by modifying Penal
Code section 1203.1. When defendant was sentenced, Penal Code section
1203.1 authorized felony probation ‘for a period of time not exceeding the
maximum possible term of the sentence’ but where the ‘maximum possible
term of the sentence is five years or less, then the period of suspension of
imposition or execution of sentence may, in the discretion of the court,
continue for not over five years.’ (Stats. 2010, ch. 178, § 75.) Effective
January 1, 2021, Penal Code section 1203.1, subdivision (a) reads: ‘The court,
or judge thereof, in the order granting probation, may suspend the imposing
or the execution of the sentence and may direct that the suspension may
continue for a period of time not exceeding two years, and upon those terms
1 The standard sex offender probation condition prohibits a probationer
from accessing “any Internet service . . . from any electronic device for any
reason unless approved in writing by the Probation Officer.” Respondent
asserts the trial court did order appellant to comply with that condition,
apparently because a list of the standard sex offender probation conditions is
the next page in the record after the probation order. However, when the
court recited the probation conditions on the record it restricted only access to
an internet service “which provides access to or markets pornographic
imagery.” The oral pronouncement controls. (People v. Clark (2021)
67 Cal.App.5th 248, 260–261.)
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and conditions as it shall determine. . . .’ ” (People v. Quinn (2021)
59 Cal.App.5th 874, 879.) The Quinn court held AB 1950 is retroactive
(Quinn, at pp. 881–885); respondent agrees, and so do we. We will reduce the
term of appellant’s probation accordingly.
DISPOSITION
The matter is remanded with directions that the trial court modify the
probation order as follows: (1) replace the phrases “pornographic material”
and “pornographic imagery” with “materials or imagery that have a primary
purpose of causing sexual arousal,” (2) clarify the condition restricting access
to “any computer internet or local bulletin [board] service which provides
access to or markets pornographic imagery,” and (3) reduce the term of
probation to two years. The judgment is affirmed in all other respects.
SIMONS, J.
We concur.
JACKSON, P. J.
BURNS, J.
(A161138)
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