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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                        Docket No. 40704

STATE OF IDAHO,                                  )      2014 Unpublished Opinion No. 339
                                                 )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                     )      Filed: January 27, 2014
                                                 )
v.                                               )      Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
                                                 )
BRADLEY PAUL SHAY,                               )      THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
                                                 )      OPINION AND SHALL NOT
       Defendant-Appellant.                      )      BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
                                                 )

       Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho,
       Kootenai County. Hon. John T. Mitchell, District Judge.

       Order revoking probation and reinstating previously suspended unified seven-year
       sentence with three-year determinate term for felony driving under the influence
       of alcohol, affirmed.

       Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Brian R. Dickson, Deputy
       Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

       Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy
       Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.
                 ________________________________________________

                     Before GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge;
                                 and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM
       Bradley Paul Shay pled guilty to felony driving under the influence of alcohol, Idaho
Code § 18-8004, 18-8005, and the district court imposed a unified seven-year sentence with a
three-year determinate term and retained jurisdiction for 180 days. Following the period of
retained jurisdiction, the district court suspended the sentence and placed Shay on probation for a
period of four years. Subsequently, Shay admitted to violating several terms of the probation,
and the district court continued Shay’s probation. After another probation violation, the district
court again continued Shay’s probation, but extended the period of probation for an additional
three years. Following several other probation violations and the extension of the period of

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probation by one more year, the district court revoked Shay’s probation and ordered the
suspended sentence ordered into execution and retained jurisdiction. Following the period of
retained jurisdiction, the district court once again placed Shay on probation for three years.
Mindful of the fact that he has already been returned to probation, Shay appeals, contending that
the district court abused its discretion by revoking probation.
       The State argues that since the district court has returned Shay to probation, his challenge
is moot and the appeal should be dismissed. We agree the claim is moot.
       However, even if Shay could still challenge the prior revocation, it is within the trial
court’s discretion to revoke probation if any of the terms and conditions of the probation have
been violated. I.C. §§ 19-2603, 20-222; State v. Beckett, 122 Idaho 324, 325, 834 P.2d 326, 327
(Ct. App. 1992); State v. Adams, 115 Idaho 1053, 1054, 772 P.2d 260, 261 (Ct. App. 1989); State
v. Hass, 114 Idaho 554, 558, 758 P.2d 713, 717 (Ct. App. 1988). In determining whether to
revoke probation, a court must examine whether the probation is achieving the goal of
rehabilitation and consistent with the protection of society. State v. Upton, 127 Idaho 274, 275,
899 P.2d 984, 985 (Ct. App. 1995); Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834 P.2d at 327; Hass, 114 Idaho
at 558, 758 P.2d at 717. The court may, after a probation violation has been established, order
that the suspended sentence be executed or, in the alternative, the court is authorized under Idaho
Criminal Rule 35 to reduce the sentence. Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834 P.2d at 327; State v.
Marks, 116 Idaho 976, 977, 783 P.2d 315, 316 (Ct. App. 1989). The court may also order a
period of retained jurisdiction. State v. Urrabazo, 150 Idaho 158, 162, 244 P.3d 1244, 1248
(2010). A decision to revoke probation will be disturbed on appeal only upon a showing that the
trial court abused its discretion. Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834 P.2d at 327.
       Applying the foregoing standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot
say that the district court abused its discretion in revoking probation. Therefore, the order
revoking probation is affirmed.

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