Court Opinion

ID: 9511871
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 22:09:02.316357+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:05:13.116442
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE LEAPHART,
dissenting.
¶43 I would affirm.
¶44 I agree with the Court that under the totality of the circumstances approach West had the burden of demonstrating actual prejudice as a result of the delay. I also agree that any claim that he was actually prejudiced when his application for the prerelease program was rejected, was unsubstantiated.
¶45 I dissent from the Court’s remanding this matter for an evidentiary hearing to develop the record. Given that West failed to substantiate a claim of actual prejudice in the Court below, his claim fails. He is not entitled to another bite of the apple through a remand.
JUSTICE MORRIS joins the dissent of JUSTICE LEAPHART.