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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                        Docket No. 37065

STATE OF IDAHO,                                 )     2010 Unpublished Opinion No. 645
                                                )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                    )     Filed: September 16, 2010
                                                )
v.                                              )     Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
                                                )
NICKEY L. BOSTICK,                              )     THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
                                                )     OPINION AND SHALL NOT
       Defendant-Appellant.                     )     BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
                                                )

       Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Twin
       Falls County. Hon. G. Richard Bevan, District Judge.

       Order denying motion to withdraw guilty plea, affirmed.

       Molly J. Huskey, State Appellate Public Defender; Diane M. Walker, Deputy
       Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

       Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Jennifer E. Birken, Deputy
       Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.
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MELANSON, Judge
       Nickey L. Bostick appeals from the district court’s order denying his motion to withdraw
guilty plea. We affirm.
       In August 2001, Bostick pled guilty to burglary. I.C. § 18-1401. Bostick was sentenced
to a unified term of four years, with a minimum period of confinement of two years. The district
court suspended Bostick’s sentence and placed him on probation. In August 2005, a report of
probation violation was filed alleging Bostick failed to timely pay his ordered restitution. In
response, the district court extended Bostick’s probation for one year to allow him more time to
make payments on the restitution balance. In August 2006, a second probation violation report
was filed for Bostick’s alleged failure to timely pay the balance of his ordered restitution.
Eventually, Bostick completed probation. In August 2009, Bostick filed a motion to withdraw
his guilty plea pursuant to I.C. § 19-2604.

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       Idaho Code Section 19-2604 permits a trial court to set aside a guilty plea and dismiss a
case if the defendant satisfactorily demonstrates that he or she has at all times complied with the
terms and conditions of probation and if the court is convinced that doing so is compatible with
the public interest. The Idaho Supreme Court has concluded:
       The phrase “at all times” means just that. A defendant who has at any time failed
       to do what he or she was required to do while on probation in a particular case has
       not at all times complied with the terms and conditions of his or her probation in
       that case.

State v. Schwartz, 139 Idaho 360, 362, 79 P.3d 719, 721 (2003). Thus, it is insufficient for a
defendant to demonstrate compliance with probationary terms to the satisfaction of the
sentencing court, to demonstrate that he or she substantially complied with those terms, or that
he or she complied with the major terms of probation. See State v. Thompson, 140 Idaho 796,
798, 102 P.3d 1115, 1117 (2004). If a defendant has not complied with the terms of his or her
probation at all times, then the trial court lacks the authority to grant relief under Section 19-
2604. See Schwartz, 139 Idaho at 363-64, 79 P.3d at 721-22.
       In this case, Bostick admitted during the hearing on his motion to withdraw his guilty
plea that he violated his probation by failing to timely pay restitution. It is clear that Bostick was
not in compliance with the terms of his probation at all times. Therefore, the district court’s
order denying Bostick’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea is affirmed.
       Judge GUTIERREZ and Judge GRATTON, CONCUR.

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