State v. Mehan

The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court affirming Defendant's sentence, including conditions restricting Defendant's contact with minors upon his release, holding that the court abused its discretion in ruling that there was a sufficient nexus between the conditions prohibiting contact with minors and Defendant or his offense.Defendant raped an unconscious woman in the parking lot of a bar. Defendant later pleaded guilty to sexual intercourse without consent. The district court imposed sentencing conditions restricting Defendant's contact with minors. On appeal, Defendant argued that because the victim was not a minor there was not a sufficient nexus between Defendant or his offense and the conditions protecting minors. The Supreme Court agreed and remanded the case for the limited purpose of striking the conditions regarding contact with minors, holding that the State presented insufficient arguments to establish the required nexus. View "State v. Mehan" on Justia Law