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Facts

• The Defendant was on probation when proceedings to revoke his probation were initiated. The Defendant appealed the revocation of his probation.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the probation revocation proceedings were not timely, contending that the initial hearing deadline and the filing of the State's petition were delayed beyond permissible limits. Additionally, the Defendant argued that the district court abused its discretion by revoking his probation and imposing the balance of his original sentence, claiming it constituted cruel and unusual punishment and was unduly harsh. The Defendant also attempted to advance a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.
• Plaintiff-Appellee: The State's arguments are not directly detailed in the provided text, but it can be inferred that the State argued for the affirmation of the probation revocation based on the Defendant's violation of probation terms.

Legal Issues

• Whether the probation revocation proceedings were timely.
• Whether the district court abused its discretion in revoking the Defendant's probation and imposing the balance of his original sentence.
• Whether the Defendant's claim of cruel and unusual punishment is valid following an unconditional guilty plea.
• Whether the Defendant is entitled to claim ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal without a prima facie showing of counsel's faults and errors.

Disposition

• The appeal for probation revocation is affirmed.

Reasons

• The Court, consisting of Judge M. Monica Zamora, with Chief Judge Roderick T. Kennedy and Judge Michael E. Vigil concurring, upheld the revocation of the Defendant's probation. The Court found that although there were delays in the probation revocation proceedings, such delays did not warrant the extreme sanction of dismissal. The Court also determined that the district court did not abuse its discretion in revoking the Defendant's probation and imposing the balance of his original sentence, noting that the sentence was authorized by law and that the Defendant's unconditional guilty plea waived his right to appeal on the grounds of cruel and unusual punishment. The Court rejected the Defendant's claim of undue harshness, emphasizing that probation is an act of clemency at the court's discretion. Regarding the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, the Court denied the implicit motion to amend due to a lack of prima facie showing and suggested that habeas proceedings might be a more appropriate avenue for this issue (paras 1-5).