It’s that time of year again—when publications everywhere scramble to compile their annual “Best of/Worst of” lists, chronicling the notable and the notorious. Here, we’re just going to lighten your mood with some of the oddest happenings in the legal system over the past year.

The “Oddest Probation Condition” award goes to Christopher Montilliano, Jr. of Maui, Hawaii. In June 2018, the 21 year-old was arrested by police for stealing a car, but he told the officers that his cousin had loaned him the car so he could go purchase soft drinks. After pleading no contest to unauthorized control of a vehicle and driving without a license, Montilliano was sentenced to time served, 100 hours of community service, and a fine. But Judge Rhonda Loo also imposed a strange additional condition of probation. After Montilliano testified that he was on his way to buy Pepsi (his favorite drink), she issued an order directing the young man to not drink Pepsi for four years, calling it “the Pepsi deprivation syndrome.” Time to switch to Coca-Cola, Christopher.

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