Opinion ID: 2092440
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Heading: First Offender Boot Camp Diversion Program

Text: The first offender boot camp diversion program is governed by 11 Del. C. § 6712, subsection (h) of which provides as follows: ... Upon a finding that the offender has violated any of the terms or conditions of supervision or probation at the boot camp or at Level IV or Level III, the court shall proceed to sentencing on all charges for which sentencing was originally deferred pursuant to this section, and shall impose not less than the full applicable Level V sentence mandated for the offense(s) of which the offender was convicted ... No credit time shall be given for any time spent in boot camp, Level IV or Level III. Failure of the sentencing court to comply with the sentencing provisions of this subsection shall constitute an illegal sentence.... The statute, thus, mandates that, upon a violation of supervision or probation at the boot camp, Level IV or Level III, the Superior Court must impose the full mandatory sentence for the offense of which the offender was convicted. In this case, the Superior Court had no discretion to impose anything less than the full mandatory 3-year sentence for trafficking in cocaine when it sentenced Whitner for his probation violation. [2]