State v. LIGON-BRUNO

LANSING, Judge.

The State appeals from the district court’s order dismissing, for lack of jurisdiction, probation violation allegations brought against defendant Daniel A. Ligon-Bruno. The district court determined that in order for the court to possess jurisdiction to take action on a probation violation, the court must take some affirmative step to impose a sanction before the probation term expires and, because that did not occur here, the court lacked jurisdiction to consider probation violation sanctions. We reverse in part and remand.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

In 2005, Ligon-Bruno pleaded…