Demarce v. Willrich

OPINION

PATTERSON, Judge.

¶ 1 In this special action, petitioner Wesley A. Demarce challenges the respondent judge’s order denying his request to withdraw from a term of lifetime probation and complete the prison sentence instead. De-marce contends that after five years on probation, imposed pursuant to a plea agreement, he has an “absolute right” to choose incarceration over probation because he finds the conditions of his probation too onerous. For the reasons that follow, we accept jurisdiction but deny relief.

FACTS

¶2 On January 27, 1997, a grand jury indicted Demarce for sexual assault, a…