Court Opinion

ID: 9740636
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:39:11.013911+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:19.388961
License: Public Domain

DARDEN, J.,
concurring.
Whereas I wholeheartedly agree with the majority's decision in this case, I write to explain that I think we should go further by ordering the immediate release and discharge of the defendant in this cause. It is obvious that the state has presented its strongest case for revocation of probation and has failed. The remote possibility that the defendant could be incarcerated another day longer while the state reviews our ruling on remand, for further proceedings consistent herein, offends my sense of fair play under the facts in this case. There is no evidence that supports further delay by the state for keeping the defendant locked up.
I would order immediate release and discharge in this matter.