ation . ▁The ▁app ell ate ▁court ▁held ▁that ▁such ▁a ▁prohib ition ▁was ▁outside ▁the ▁bounds ▁of ▁a ▁judge ' s ▁sent encing ▁authority . ▁ ▁The ▁case ▁was ▁rem and ed ▁for ▁res ent encing ▁to ▁und o ▁the ▁over ly ▁broad ▁prohib ition ▁against ▁conception . ▁ ▁The ▁trial ▁court ' s ▁novel ▁sentence , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁deeply ▁disturb ing ▁facts ▁of ▁the ▁case ▁and ▁the ▁app ell ate ▁court ' s ▁illustr ative ▁discussion ▁of ▁the ▁constitution al ▁and ▁policy ▁problems ▁with ▁pre gn ancy - related ▁conditions ▁to ▁prob ation , ▁has ▁mer ited ▁its ▁inclusion ▁in ▁a ▁widely ▁used ▁C riminal ▁Law ▁case book ▁for ▁ 1 L ▁law ▁courses . ▁It ▁is ▁featured ▁in ▁two ▁first - year ▁C riminal ▁Law ▁courses ▁at ▁South ▁Texas ▁College ▁of ▁Law ▁in ▁Houston . ▁ ▁The ▁case ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁discussed ▁or ▁mentioned ▁in ▁nearly ▁two ▁dozen ▁academic ▁journal ▁articles ▁rel ating ▁to ▁court - im posed ▁restrictions ▁on ▁conception ▁or ▁birth , ▁and ▁c ited ▁or ▁mentioned ▁in ▁at ▁least ▁si xty - six ▁jud icial ▁legal ▁opinions ▁in ▁California , ▁Kansas , ▁Ohio , ▁and ▁Wisconsin . ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁Ruby ▁Po inter ▁was ▁conv icted ▁of ▁child ▁end anger ment ▁and ▁viol ation ▁of ▁a ▁child ▁cust ody ▁dec ree ; ▁the ▁trial ▁court ▁sent enced ▁her ▁to ▁one ▁year ▁in ▁county ▁j ail ▁and ▁five ▁years ▁of ▁prob ation , ▁including ▁a ▁condition ▁that ▁she ▁must ▁not ▁conce ive ▁children ▁during ▁her ▁prob ation