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State v. Hodges

Citations

  • 798 P.2d 270
  • 142 Utah Adv. Rep. 39
  • 1990 Utah App. LEXIS 139
  • 1990 WL 126159

How courts have described this case

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  • analogizing probation conditions to a contract between the state and the court; “[a]s in a contract dispute, proof of breach by the probationer is properly subject to a preponderance of evidence standard”
  • probationer not informed of need to make treatment progress at rate judged adequate by treatment staff
  • “the proceeding for revocation of probation is not a criminal prosecution” [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • “In a bench trial or other proceeding in which the judge serves as fact finder, the court has considerable discretion to assign relative weight to the evidence before it. This discretion includes the right to minimize or even disregard certain evidence.”

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Judges: Davidson, Billings, Greenwood

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