· 11/6/2015
State v. McFeeters
Citations
- 52 Kan. App. 2d 45
- 362 P.3d 603
- 2015 Kan. App. LEXIS 79
How courts have described this case
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- holding that district court did not abuse its discretion in revoking probation when defendant stipulated to violations
- finding a court making findings under this subsection must explicitly state how the public's safety would be jeopardized by intermediate sanctions
- reviewing a decision to revoke probation for abuse of discretion, which includes determining whether the district court made an error of law or fact
- remarks relating to the violator's amenability to probation do not explain how the public would be jeopardized or how the violator's welfare would not be served by imposing intermediate sanctions
- \The remarks made by the district court at [the defendant's] revocation simply repeat the type of reasoning historically relied upon by sentencing courts in discussing amenability to probation when exercising their discretion to revoke the privilege of probation. The law has changed.\
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Judges: Hill, Pierron, Arnold-Burger
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