State v. Schell

¶ 1. La Rae Schell appeals a judgment precluding her placement on home monitoring as a probation condition. After Schell was given a jail term as a condition of her probation, the sheriff released her on home monitoring. When the circuit court learned of her release, it conducted a hearing and amended the judgment to preclude Schell's placement on home monitoring, saying it never intended for Schell to be eligible for the program.

¶ 2. The sole issue on appeal is whether a circuit court possesses the power to prohibit the sheriff from ordering home monitoring for a probationer ordered to serve…