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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 45568

STATE OF IDAHO,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

ELAWNEE MICHAELINE PAHVITSE,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Filed: June 5, 2018

Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED

OPINION AND SHALL NOT

BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, State of Idaho, 

Bannock County. Hon. Robert C. Naftz, District Judge. 

Order revoking probation, affirmed.

Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Brian R. Dickson, Deputy 

Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. 

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney 

General, Boise, for respondent. 

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Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge;

and LORELLO, Judge

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PER CURIAM

Elawnee Michaeline Pahvitse pled guilty to felony driving under the influence of alcohol, 

Idaho Code §§ 18-8004, 18-8005(6). The district court imposed a unified sentence of five years, 

with a minimum period of confinement of two years, suspended the sentence and placed Pahvitse 

on probation. Pahvitse subsequently admitting to violating probation, and the district court 

ordered execution of the underlying sentence and retained jurisdiction. After the period of 

retained jurisdiction, the district court suspended the sentence and placed Pahvitse on probation. 

Following two more reports of probation violations, Pahvitse admitted to violating the terms of 

probation, and the district court consequently revoked probation and ordered execution of the 
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original sentence. Pahvitse appeals, contending that the district court abused its discretion in 

revoking probation.

It is within the trial court’s discretion to revoke probation if any of the terms and 

conditions of the probation have been violated. I.C. §§ 19-2603, 20-222; State v. Beckett, 122 

Idaho 324, 325, 834 P.2d 326, 327 (Ct. App. 1992); State v. Adams, 115 Idaho 1053, 1054, 772 

P.2d 260, 261 (Ct. App. 1989); State v. Hass, 114 Idaho 554, 558, 758 P.2d 713, 717 (Ct. App. 

1988). In determining whether to revoke probation a court must examine whether the probation 

is achieving the goal of rehabilitation and consistent with the protection of society. State v. 

Upton, 127 Idaho 274, 275, 899 P.2d 984, 985 (Ct. App. 1995); Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834 

P.2d at 327; Hass, 114 Idaho at 558, 758 P.2d at 717. The court may, after a probation violation 

has been established, order that the suspended sentence be executed or, in the alternative, the 

court is authorized under I.C.R. 35 to reduce the sentence. Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834 P.2d at 

327; State v. Marks, 116 Idaho 976, 977, 783 P.2d 315, 316 (Ct. App. 1989). The court may also 

order a period of retained jurisdiction. I.C. § 19-2601. A decision to revoke probation will be 

disturbed on appeal only upon a showing that the trial court abused its discretion. Beckett, 122 

Idaho at 325, 834 P.2d at 327. In reviewing the propriety of a probation revocation, the focus of 

the inquiry is the conduct underlying the trial court’s decision to revoke probation. State v. 

Morgan, 153 Idaho 618, 621, 288 P.3d 835, 838 (Ct. App. 2012). Thus, this Court will consider 

the elements of the record before the trial court relevant to the revocation of probation issues 

which are properly made part of the record on appeal. Id.

Applying the foregoing standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot 

say that the district court abused its discretion either in revoking probation or in ordering 

execution of Pahvitse’s sentence without modification. Therefore, the order revoking probation 

and directing execution of Pahvitse’s previously suspended sentence is affirmed.