Limon v. State
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ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION
JUDGE DAVID M. GLOVER
DIVISION III
CACR08-1253
May 27, 2009
APPEAL FROM THE CRAWFORD
COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
[CR-2006-398]
BROOKE ANN LIMON
APPELLANT
V.
HONORABLE GARY COTTRELL,
JUDGE
STATE OF ARKANSAS
APPELLEE
AFFIRMED
The Crawford County Circuit Court revoked appellant Brooke Limon’s probation
and sentenced her to ten years’ imprisonment. On appeal, Limon argues that the trial
court erred in finding that she violated her probation. We affirm.
On September 12, 2007, Limon pleaded nolo contendere to possession of
methadone, driving while intoxicated, and second-degree criminal mischief.
She was
placed on five years’ probation and ordered to make restitution of $37,635 in $100
monthly installments beginning on October 15, 2007. Conditions of her probation also
included not committing an offense punishable by imprisonment; not using or possessing
controlled substances except as prescribed by a physician; reporting to her probation
officer; and participating in Narcotics Anonymous meetings as deemed necessary by the
probation officer.
On March 21, 2008, the State filed a petition to revoke Limon’s probation, alleging
that she had been arrested on December 18, 2007, by the Fort Smith Police Department
for filing a false police report and for theft of property, in violation of the terms of her
probation. After a hearing, the trial court found that Limon had violated the terms of her
probation by failing to report to her probation officer, by filing a false police report, and,
by her own testimony, being involved with drugs. 1
The trial court revoked Limon’s
probation and sentenced her to ten years’ imprisonment.
A trial court may revoke a defendant’s probation at any time prior to the expiration
of the period of probation if it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant
has inexcusably failed to comply with a condition of probation. Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4309(d) (Repl. 2006). In probation revocation proceedings, the State has the burden of
proving that appellant violated the terms of his probation, as alleged in the revocation
petition, by a preponderance of the evidence, and this court will not reverse the trial
court's decision to revoke probation unless it is clearly against the preponderance of the
evidence. Stinnett v. State, 63 Ark. App. 72, 973 S.W.2d 826 (1998). The State need only
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Although the State’s petition to revoke only cited Limon’s subsequent arrest for
filing a false police report and for theft of property, the trial court revoked her probation not
only for filing a false police report but also because she had failed to report to her probation
officer and had been involved with drugs, allegations not set forth by the State in the petition
to revoke. However, Limon makes no argument that revocation on these bases was
improper.
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show that the appellant committed one violation in order to sustain a revocation. See
Brock v. State, 70 Ark. App. 107, 14 S.W.3d 908 (2000).
On appeal, Limon argues that the trial court erred in finding that she had
inexcusably failed to pay her supervision fees. Though Limon was required to make $100
monthly payments on $37,635 in restitution, the evidence at the revocation hearing from
her probation officer was that she had only made two payments of twenty-five dollars
each. This argument is unpersuasive because a review of the trial court’s ruling indicates
that the failure to make restitution payments was not a basis on which the trial court
revoked her probation.
Limon also argues that she did not violate the conditions of her probation simply
because she had charges pending against her, as she is presumed innocent until proven
guilty. Her argument is ineffective. Evidence that is insufficient for a criminal conviction
may be sufficient for the revocation of probation. Haley v. State, 96 Ark. App. 256, 240
S.W.3d 615 (2006). One of the conditions of Limon’s probation was that she not commit
an offense punishable by imprisonment. In her testimony Limon admitted that she lied to
officers about being kidnapped on December 15, 2007; that she told them the truth about
what had happened on December 17, which was that she had voluntarily gone with the
person to obtain illegal drugs; and that, as a result, she was arrested for filing a false police
report.
Filing a false report with a law enforcement agency is an offense punishable by
imprisonment. See Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-122(c) (Supp. 2007). By her own admission,
Limon clearly violated the conditions of her probation. See Morgan v. State, 72 Ark. App.
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482, 37 S.W.3d 684 (2001).
The State only has to prove one violation to sustain a
revocation; the trial court did not err in revoking Limon’s probation.
Affirmed.
G LADWIN and G RUBER, JJ., agree.
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