Court Opinion

ID: 9907941
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Date Created: 2023-12-07 16:12:59.277707+00
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IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING

                                      2023 WY 117

                                                                October Term, A.D. 2023

                                                                    December 7, 2023

 LEANNA ROSE LaFLEUR,

 Appellant
 (Defendant),

 v.                                                 S-23-0186

 THE STATE OF WYOMING,

 Appellee
 (Plaintiff).

                   ORDER AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT’S
                       ORDER TO REVOKE 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 June 8, 2023, Order to Revoke Probation. Appellant admitted
she violated her probation. The district court revoked probation and imposed a sentence of
two to four years on Appellant’s conviction for possession of a felony amount of
methamphetamine. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35-7-1031(c)(ii). The district court suspended that
sentence in favor of two years of supervised probation.

[¶2] On October 2, 2023, Appellant’s court-appointed appellate counsel e-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
November 16, 2023, 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 to Revoke Probation should be affirmed. It is,
therefore,

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

[¶5] ORDERED that the Natrona County District Court’s June 8, 2023, Order to Revoke
Probation, be, and the same hereby is, affirmed.

[¶6]   DATED this 7th day of December, 2023.

                                               BY THE COURT:

                                               /s/

                                               KATE M. FOX
                                               Chief Justice