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Facts

• The case revolves around the Defendant, Melvin Freeman, whose probation was revoked. The revocation was based on evidence, including testimony from his probation officer, indicating that Freeman violated numerous conditions of his probation without making initial efforts to comply with those conditions.

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of San Juan County, Daylene A. Marsh, District Judge.

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant (Defendant): Argued that the evidence was insufficient to support the revocation of his probation, contended that his non-compliance was not willful due to financial constraints, claimed he did not remember the information supplied by his probation officer, and suggested that his probation officer should have provided more assistance in light of his claimed disabilities.
• Appellee (State): Presented evidence, including the testimony of the Defendant's probation officer, to prove that the Defendant violated numerous probation conditions and did not make initial efforts to comply with those conditions.

Legal Issues

• Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the revocation of the Defendant's probation.
• Whether the Defendant's non-compliance with probation conditions was willful.
• Whether the Defendant's claimed disabilities required his probation officer to provide additional assistance.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the revocation of the Defendant's probation.

Reasons

• The Court, led by Chief Judge Linda M. Vanzi with Judges J. Miles Hanisee and Julie J. Vargas concurring, upheld the revocation of Freeman's probation for several reasons:
  The State met its burden of proof by presenting evidence, including the testimony of Freeman's probation officer, that Freeman violated numerous conditions of his probation (para 3).
  The Court found that even if Freeman's financial constraints prevented him from complying with some conditions, he failed to fulfill other conditions that could have been met free of charge and within his physical limitations (para 5).
  The Court was not persuaded by Freeman's claim of not remembering the information provided by his probation officer and rejected the notion that Freeman bore no responsibility for following up on this information (para 6).
  Regarding Freeman's argument that his probation officer should have done more to assist him due to his claimed disabilities, the Court found the record insufficient to support this claim (para 7).