Court Opinion

ID: 9720925
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 08:44:50.748973+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:22.340189
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V. J. Brennan, J.
(dissenting). I must dissent. A *205probation revocation hearing does not require the preparation time that a trial must have.
The defendant is presented a notice of probation violation which contains the various charges resulting in the petition for revocation. The charges are laid out very clearly. Either they pertain to him or they don’t. If they don’t, then he has the chance at the hearing to tell the court of the inaccuracies of the charges.
If they are accurate there is nothing he can do except request leniency. Here, the defendant had a couple of hours to review the notice of probation revocation. He told the court he wished to proceed without a lawyer. The court conducted a hearing and the defendant told the court he was guilty of violating his probation and admitted to the various violation incidents set forth on the notice.
Defendant had time to prepare for the hearing after he was timely served with the notice. Defendant expressly waived his right to have an attorney present. A hearing was conducted and defendant told the court emphatically that "All I want to do is plead guilty”.
I would affirm without remand.