State v. Phabsomphou

OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

Appellant claims that his rights to a jury trial and to due process were abrogated by the district court’s decision to hold his probation revocation hearing prior to his criminal trial on the new charges that formed the basis for the probation revocation. Because we conclude that appellant’s constitutional rights were not violated by the revocation proceedings and because the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure do not mandate postponement of the probation revocation hearing, we affirm.

FACTS

On July 19, 1993, appellant pleaded guilty to first degree assault. The district…