Opinion ID: 1545952
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Heading: Violation During Probation

Text: On October 9, 2008, Moody was resentenced to one year at Level V, followed by at least six months at Level IV, followed by eighteen months at Level III. Moody began serving his six months at Level IV on June 9, 2009, and was to begin serving eighteen months of probation in December 2009. This began Moody's sentence anew and extended his probation until June 9, 2011. Moody was arrested for marijuana use and a violation of probation on July 8, 2009. He contends that he was well beyond his original period of probation by that date. However, Moody was still within his new probationary period that was established by the October 9, 2008 sentencing order, after he violated his original period of probation. As Moody notes, a probationary term imposed by the Superior Court is not indefinite and cannot be extended indefinitely. [6] Nevertheless, the Superior Court may require a defendant to serve the sentence initially imposed, or any lesser sentence. [7] The Superior Court properly found Moody guilty of a violation of his new probation period and was authorized to impose a sentence within the balance of the previously suspended sentence.