Opinion ID: 2636144
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Heading: Reasonable Diligence Post-Moody

Text: Although the Court in Moody noted the split of authority regarding whether it was reasonable to delay execution of a revocation warrant when the probationer or parolee was incarcerated on an intervening conviction, it did not resolve the split in explicit terms. Yet, its holding i.e., that due process does not require that violation warrants be executed while the alleged violator is incarcerated on other chargesis consistent with the line of previous cases which had held that while a revocation warrant must be executed within a reasonable time [citation omitted], incarceration in a state institution has been held to be a good reason for delay in execution of the warrant. Small v. Britton, 500 F.2d 299, 301 (10th Cir.1974); see, e.g., Taylor v. Simpson, 292 F.2d 698 (10th Cir.1961); Thomas v. United States Board of Parole, 354 F.Supp. 273 (D.Kan.1973); Rossello v. United States Board of Parole, 261 F.Supp. 308 (M.D.Pa.1966); 2 Cohen, § 24:24, p. 24-38. Moody had been sentenced to prison for 10 years for the crimes committed while on parole. Thus, the Court approved a possible delay in executing the warrant that was longer than the 6-year delay involved in this case. On the other hand, the holding in Moody is inconsistent with the line of cases followed in Diamond, Murray, and the Court of Appeals decision in this case, which held that the State violated due process by not serving the warrant while the alleged violator was incarcerated. Consequently, consistent with Moody, we hold that if an alleged probation violator is incarcerated as the result of a new felony conviction arising in another county, the State does not waive a probation violation if it lodges a detainer but does not execute a probation violation warrant while the alleged violator is imprisoned on a consecutive sentence. See Nicholson, 243 Kan. at 749, 763 P.2d 616 (it is impractical, if not impossible, to arrest a defendant who is already in custody; no obligation to seek temporary release from custody for purpose of executing warrant).