P. v. Thompson
Defendant Vernon Craig Thompson appeals from a conviction of felony assault (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)) and simple battery (§ 242).[1] Following guilty verdicts by the jury, the trial court imposed a suspended sentence and placed defendant on three years of formal felony supervised probation. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the felony assault charge, as well as a term of his probation that requires him to maintain a residence as approved by his probation officer. Although we find no merit to his first challenge — substantial evidence supports defendant’s conviction — we agree, based on precedent, that the probation condition at issue is unconstitutionally overbroad because it gives his probation officer unbridled authority to restrict where defendant may live and with whom he may associate.
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