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Facts

• The Defendant, Marissa Garcia, was initially sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to ten felonies across four cases, including aggravated burglary and larceny. Following her sentencing, the Defendant violated her probation terms multiple times, leading to several petitions to revoke her probation. The violations included using illegal substances, failing to report to probation and parole, associating with known offenders, and her minor child testing positive for illegal substances. After admitting to the violations in her third probation revocation hearing, the district court revoked her probation and sentenced her to an aggregate of twelve years in the Department of Corrections (paras 2-8).

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant (Defendant): Argued that her probation violation admissions were not made knowingly and voluntarily, violating her due process rights; claimed ineffective assistance of counsel during her third probation revocation hearing; and contended that the district court abused its discretion in denying her motion to reconsider sentence (para 1).
• Appellee (State): Responded that the Defendant failed to preserve the issue of her admissions not being knowing and voluntary for review, argued that under the totality of the circumstances, the admissions were knowing and voluntary, and contended that no rule or due process required a colloquy before accepting an admission to a probation violation (para 11).

Legal Issues

• Whether the Defendant is entitled to withdraw her probation violation admissions on the grounds that they were not made knowingly and voluntarily, in violation of her due process rights.
• Whether the Defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel during her third probation revocation hearing.
• Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying the Defendant's motion to reconsider sentence.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s order revoking probation and imposing judgment and sentence (para 1).

Reasons

• The Court of Appeals found that the Defendant failed to adequately preserve the issue of her probation violation admissions not being knowing and voluntary for review on appeal. The Court also concluded that the Defendant did not make a prima facie case of ineffective assistance of counsel, noting the strong presumption that counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance. Finally, the Court determined that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the Defendant's motion to reconsider sentence, considering the Defendant's criminal history and the arguments presented by both parties (paras 10-24).