P. v. Benjamin CA3
After defendant Leslie Ray Benjamin, Jr., pleaded guilty to sexually molesting the minor victim, the trial court imposed a 10-year state prison sentence whose terms and conditions included a no-contact order with no duration or limit specified. The court did not cite any statute or give any reasons to justify the order. The parties agree that the applicable statute, Penal Code section 136.2, subdivision (i)(1) (hereafter “section 136.2(i)(1)”), leaves it to the court’s discretion whether to make a no-contact order and limits any such order to a maximum of 10 years.
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