Drug Court
Airehart, Jeffrey v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2006-850
(October 19, 2007)
(Drug Court; Sentence, Excessive) Termination from Drug Court based on
violations for which Appellant had been previously sanctioned was improper.
Appellant ordered reinstated into Drug Court.
Barnett, Suzanne D. v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2008-289 (September 3, 2009)
(Drug Court; Sentence, Abuse of Discretion) Decision to end drug court
participation was an abuse of discretion. Termination from Drug Court reversed
with instructions to reinstate.
Cosar, Mickey Lee v. State, COCA Case No. F-1999-1652 (July
7, 2000)
No written notice of drug court termination hearing as required by Hagar.
Dunham, Kimberli
Sue, COCA Case
No. F-2019-149 (Oct. 8, 2020)
(Drug Court) Drug Court termination affirmed, but case remanded to advise
defendant re: right to
move to withdraw pleas.
Evans, Jim v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2008-531 & M-2008-532 (October 22,
2009)
(Drug Court; Sentence, Excessive) Felony Drug Court termination affirmed.
Misdemeanor revocation vacated because sentence had improperly been extended
beyond original term of a year; subsequent revocation invalid.
Ford, Heath Saxon v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2017-0031 (January 11, 2018)
(Drug Court; Evidence, Sufficiency) Termination from Drug Court cannot be based
entirely on hearsay evidence. Remanded for reinstatement into a Drug Court
program.
Greenwood, Kasondra D. v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2017-1053 (January 31, 2019)
(Drug Court; Fines, Fees and Costs; Sentence, Excessive) Drug Court termination
affirmed but remanded to vacate $500 fine assessed at termination because not
included in the original plea into drug court.
Hervey, Steven Dewayne v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2008-127 (May 11, 2009)
(Drug Court; Sentence, Excessive) Termination affirmed. Remanded for
District Court to vacate termination and imposition of J&S for one of the counts
that had been dismissed in the plea negotiations.
Jackson, Roderick Leandrew v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2014-452 (October 28, 2015)
(Drug Court; Abuse of Discretion) Termination based on previously punished
violations. Reversed and remanded for reinstatement in Drug Court.
Knoles, William Eric v. State, COCA Case No.
RE-2003-918 (August 23, 2004)
(Drug Court) State can seek sanctions for a probation violation or seek
termination from Drug Court as a result of a violation. It cannot use a prior
violation, for which sanctions have been imposed, as the basis of a Drug Court
termination application. Reversed order terminating from Drug Court.
Long, Bryan William, Jr. v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2007-636 & C-2007-743 (July 15, 2008)
(Drug Court; Sentence, Abuse of Discretion) Error to change sentence upon
termination of drug court in a way that enlarges sentence originally imposed.
Judicial Review limits District court is limited in 12 month judicial reviews to
downward sentencing modifications.
McConell, Jerome
Matthew, COCA
Case No.
F-2019-605 (Sept. 10, 2020) (Drug Court/Sentencing) Trial court cannot
impose rules and conditions of probation or payment of DA prosecution costs when
defendant is sentenced to serve entire 30-month term in prison. Plain error
found, probation guidelines ordered vacated.
Reid, Shawn Dion v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2007-346 (June 5, 2008)
(Drug Court; Sentence, Excessive) Defendant sentenced on five counts in Drug
Court Termination, where three counts had been dismissed prior to entry to Drug
Court. Three counts dismissed.
Rumbaugh, Jack Richard v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2007-1165 (March 27, 2009) (Drug
Court; Sentence, Abuse of Discretion) Termination of Drug Court was abuse of
discretion. Reversed with instructions to reinstate into the Drug Court Program.
Taylor, Allen James v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2008-824
(February 22, 2010)
(Revocation/Acceleration Decisions; Drug Court) Error for District Court to
order sentences after Drug Court Termination to run consecutively when the
original sentence imposed ordered the sentences served concurrently.
Snyder, Waylon Dean v. State, COCA Case No.
RE-2013-555 (June 2, 2014)
(Drug Court Termination) State failed to inform Appellant regarding the
allegations on which it would rely to advocate termination from the Drug Court
Program. Reversed with instructions to dismiss.
Walker, Harold Robert Jr. v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2011-684
(April 5, 2013)
(Drug Court; Sentence, Excessive) Drug Court termination affirmed but
remanded to correct sentences that exceed statutory maximum.
Vanmeter, Richard Lloyd v. State, COCA Case No.
F-2008-963 (September 24, 2009)
(Drug Court; Due Process) Denial of due process to terminate from Drug Court
without filing a Motion to Terminate. Termination from Drug Court reversed with
instructions to reinstate.
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