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Facts

• The Defendant was on probation when the district court issued an order revoking his probation. The Defendant appealed this decision, raising issues regarding the effectiveness of his counsel during the probation revocation process and the amount of presentence confinement credit he received.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that his counsel was ineffective, particularly due to the almost two-year delay in filing the notice of appeal after the probation revocation and suggested that this ineffectiveness might extend to the revocation hearing itself. Additionally, the Defendant contended that he did not receive the correct amount of presentence confinement credit (paras 2-3).
• Plaintiff-Appellee: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the Defendant's counsel was ineffective, particularly in relation to the delay in filing the notice of appeal and potentially during the probation revocation hearing.
• Whether the Defendant received the correct amount of presentence confinement credit.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's decision to revoke the Defendant's probation (para 5).

Reasons

• The Court, comprising Judge Jane B. Yohalem, with Judges Megan P. Duffy and Zachary A. Ives concurring, found the Defendant's arguments regarding his counsel's ineffectiveness to be speculative and unsupported by facts that would demonstrate ineffectiveness during the revocation hearing. The Court noted that the Defendant had already received the appropriate relief for the counsel's failure to timely file an appeal, which was the allowance of the appeal to proceed on its merits rather than reversing the conviction. Regarding the presentence confinement credit, the Court denied the Defendant's motion to amend the docketing statement to include this issue, as the necessary details to decide the issue were not present in the current record, rendering the motion nonviable. The Court also acknowledged the Defendant's concession that the evidence presented was legally sufficient to support the revocation of his probation (paras 2-4).