Opinion ID: 2612481
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 28

Heading: whether prosecutor's refusal to consent to first offender treatment for mr. vigil violated his rights to due process

Text: Since a judge's sentence must be based upon only accurate information found in the presentence investigation report, Mr. Vigil argues that the prosecutor's sentence-like consent decision must also be based upon only accurate information. See Christy v. State, 731 P.2d 1204, 1207-08 (Wyo. 1987). Mr. Vigil claims that the prosecutor refused to give the state's consent to new 301 probation because Mr. Vigil was a drug dealer, but that he steadfastly denied he dealt drugs. We view the record differently from Mr. Vigil. In the presentence investigation report, Mr. Vigil states that he had previously sold drugs but felt it did not amount to much. At the sentencing proceeding, the district court judge called the presentence investigation report to Mr. Vigil's attention and asked him if it contained any inaccuracies. Mr. Vigil said it did not. When the prosecutor told the district court judge why the state refused to give its consent to new 301 probation, he referred to Mr. Vigil's presentence investigation report admission of having previously sold drugs and explained that the state felt the pending criminal matter was not an isolated incident in view of that admission and that the state felt Mr. Vigil should not be absolved and have a clean record under new 301. The district court judge found the state's position was rational. So do we. We also note that Mr. Vigil did not raise this issue below, but rather presents it here for the first time, and he has not claimed that the prosecutor's refusal to consent was based on any suspect factor. Jahnke 692 P.2d at 927-28. Therefore, we find no merit to Mr. Vigil's argument on this point.