Court Opinion

ID: 9677573
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:55:37.308221+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:22:25.559789
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Boslaugh, J.,
dissenting.
The cases are divided on the effect of a delay in notifying the defendant that he has been charged with a violation of probation. See Annot., 13 A.L.R.4th 1240(1982). A number of cases have held that delay in notifying or apprehending the defendant does not prevent prosecution for the violation in the absence of proof of prejudice to the defendant. Ordinarily, a conviction will not be set aside unless the defendant meets his burden of showing that the claimed error created actual prejudice rather than the mere possibility of prejudice. State v. Valdez, 239 Neb. 453, 476 N.W.2d 814(1991).
In this case there is no evidence of any prejudice to the defendant from the delay in executing the warrant. The evidence relating to the violation of probation is undisputed. Under these circumstances, I would not reverse the judgment.