Mitchell v. State
Mitchell v. State
Opinion of the Court
Appellant seeks review of an order by which she was placed on probation for two years with the condition that she have no contact with an individual who is the father of her child. She argues that the special condition of probation is overly broad and not reasonably related to the rehabilitative purpose of probation. Because we find that the condition is not directed against appellant in a custodial context, we affirm.
Appellant was arrested and charged with aiding the escape of inmate Marion Thomas Tye from jail. At the time of appellant’s
We construe the condition of probation as directed against appellant individually with the intention of preventing her further assistance to Tye, who is now incarcerated, rather than as a restriction against contact between the child and its purported father.
We therefore affirm the order.
. Although the sentencing hearing transcript may indicate that the trial judge sought to prohibit the child from being in the same environment with the purported father, we do not construe the order thus,
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