Pete v. State

DIMOND, Justice.

The defendant, Pete, pleaded guilty to complaints charging him with a number of misdemeanors. A district magistrate court sentenced him to one year in jail and imposed fines totaling $1,500. The court then suspended ten months of the sentence of imprisonment and $1,000 of the fines on condition of good behavior for one year. Before the year was out defendant was convicted of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Following this conviction, the magistrate court revoked six months of the ten month suspension and defendant was returned to jail. The magistrate’s action was…