Court Opinion

ID: 9570612
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:24:39.262225+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:12:33.442784
License: Public Domain

STILWELL, Judge
(dissenting):
I respectfully dissent, solely because I believe the specific wording of the additional condition of his probation that Brown “must obtain treatment” is controlling.
The discussion centering on whether Brown must “complete treatment” or “admit guilt” in order to get treatment I submit totally misses the point. In my opinion, it was incumbent on Brown to do whatever was necessary to comply fully with the condition of his probation. If he was rejected at one facility, the burden was on Brown to go back to his probation officer and explain that he could not obtain treatment at that location and seek another source to “obtain treatment.”
It is not appropriate to allow Brown to sit idly by in the hopes that his non-compliance would be tolerated and then ultimately excused.
I would affirm.