Court Opinion

ID: 9942609
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Date Created: 2024-02-21 16:21:11.026488+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:48:19.788194
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IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING

                                      2024 WY 21

                                                               October Term, A.D. 2023

                                                                   February 21, 2024

 DANIEL E. BORJA, SR.,

 Appellant
 (Defendant),

 v.                                                S-23-0242

 THE STATE OF WYOMING,

 Appellee
 (Plaintiff).

                   ORDER AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT’S
                       ORDER REVOKING PROBATION
[¶1] This matter came before the Court upon its own motion following notification that
Appellant has not filed a pro se brief in the time allotted. Appellant took this appeal to
challenge the district court’s August 2, 2023, Order Following Disposition of Revocation
of Probation Hearing. The Court notes that order was later corrected nunc pro tunc.
Appellant admitted he violated his probation. The district court revoked probation and
imposed a split sentence on Appellant’s conviction for taking a controlled substance into a
jail. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-208; Borja v. State, 2023 WY 12, 523 P.3d 1212 (Wyo. 2023).

[¶2] On December 18, 2023, Appellant’s court-appointed appellate counsel filed a
Motion to Withdraw as Counsel, pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87
S.Ct. 1396, 1400, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). This Court subsequently entered an Order
Granting Motion for Extension of Time to File Pro Se Brief. This Court ordered that, on
or before February 1, 2024, Appellant may file with this Court a pro se brief specifying the
issues for the Court to consider in this appeal. This Court also provided notice that, after
the time for filing a pro se brief expired, this Court would make its ruling on counsel’s
motion to withdraw and, if appropriate, make a final decision on this appeal. This Court
notes that Appellant did not file a pro se brief or other pleading in the time allotted.
[¶3] Now, following a careful review of the record and the Anders brief submitted by
appellate counsel, this Court finds appellate counsel’s motion to withdraw should be
granted and the district court’s order revoking probation should be affirmed. It is,
therefore,

[¶4] ORDERED that the Wyoming Public Defender’s Office, court-appointed counsel
for Appellant Daniel E. Borja, Sr., is hereby permitted to withdraw as counsel of record
for Appellant; and it is further

[¶5] ORDERED that the Niobrara County District Court’s August 2, 2023, “Order
Following Disposition of Revocation of Probation Hearing,” be, and the same hereby is,
affirmed.

[¶6]   DATED this 21st day of February, 2024.

                                                BY THE COURT:

                                                /s/

                                                KATE M. FOX
                                                Chief Justice