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State v. Al-Tememy

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Mar 2, 2016
Docket No. 43303 (Idaho Ct. App. Mar. 2, 2016)

Opinion

Docket No. 43303 2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 412

03-02-2016

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ALDENA JO AL-TEMEMY aka CASSELS, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Sally J. Cooley, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.


Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada County. Hon. Melissa Moody, District Judge. Order revoking probation and execution of sentence, affirmed. Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Sally J. Cooley, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Before MELANSON, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge

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PER CURIAM

Aldena Jo Al-Tememy pleaded guilty to forgery, Idaho Code § 18-3601. The district court imposed a unified ten-year sentence, with three years determinate, suspended the sentence and placed Al-Tememy on probation. Subsequently, Al-Tememy admitted to violating the terms of the probation, and the district court consequently revoked probation and ordered execution of the original sentence. Al-Tememy appeals, contending that the district court abused its discretion in revoking probation.

It is within the trial court's discretion to revoke probation if any of the terms and conditions of the probation have been violated. I.C. §§ 19-2603, 20-222; State v. Beckett, 122 Idaho 324, 325, 834 P.2d 326, 327 (Ct. App. 1992); State v. Adams, 115 Idaho 1053, 1054, 772 P.2d 260, 261 (Ct. App. 1989); State v. Hass, 114 Idaho 554, 558, 758 P.2d 713, 717 (Ct. App. 1988). In determining whether to revoke probation a court must examine whether the probation is achieving the goal of rehabilitation and consistent with the protection of society. State v. Upton, 127 Idaho 274, 275, 899 P.2d 984, 985 (Ct. App. 1995); Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834 P.2d at 327; Hass, 114 Idaho at 558, 758 P.2d at 717. The court may, after a probation violation has been established, order that the suspended sentence be executed or, in the alternative, the court is authorized under Idaho Criminal Rule 35 to reduce the sentence. Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834 P.2d at 327; State v. Marks, 116 Idaho 976, 977, 783 P.2d 315, 316 (Ct. App. 1989). The court may also order a period of retained jurisdiction. State v. Urrabazo, 150 Idaho 158, 162, 244 P.3d 1244, 1248 (2010). A decision to revoke probation will be disturbed on appeal only upon a showing that the trial court abused its discretion. Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834 P.2d at 327. In reviewing the propriety of a probation revocation, the focus of the inquiry is the conduct underlying the trial court's decision to revoke probation. State v. Morgan, 153 Idaho 618, 621, 288 P.3d 835, 838 (Ct. App. 2012). Thus, this Court will consider the elements of the record before the trial court relevant to the revocation of probation issues which are properly made part of the record on appeal. Id.

Applying the foregoing standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion in revoking probation. Therefore, the order revoking probation and directing execution of Al-Tememy's previously suspended sentence is affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Al-Tememy

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Mar 2, 2016
Docket No. 43303 (Idaho Ct. App. Mar. 2, 2016)
Case details for

State v. Al-Tememy

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ALDENA JO AL-TEMEMY aka CASSELS…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Mar 2, 2016

Citations

Docket No. 43303 (Idaho Ct. App. Mar. 2, 2016)