State of Iowa
v.
D'iona Asia Marie Wilson-Bass
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
D'iona Asia Marie Wilson-Bass
Attorney for the Appellee
Aaron Rogers and Kyle Hanson (until withdrawal), Assistant Attorneys General
Attorney for the Appellant
Stuart G. Hoover
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Andrea J. Dryer, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., Badding, J., and Danilson, S.J. Opinion by Danilson, S.J. (6 pages)
D’iona Wilson-Bass appeals the revocation of her deferred judgment and the sentence imposed. She claims the court incorrectly believed it was adjudicating multiple allegations of probation violations and abused its discretion by considering those prior violations at sentencing and failing to consider mitigating sentencing factors. OPINION HOLDS: The court understood what probation violations it was to adjudicate. The court properly considered Wilson-Bass’s prior violations when adjudicating the most recent report of violation because it informed the court what services had already been offered to Wilson-Bass and had been unsuccessful. The court did not abuse its discretion when it revoked Wilson-Bass’s deferred judgment following her violation of the terms of her probation. The court also did not abuse its discretion when it considered her history of probation violations when imposing sentencing, and it adequately explained why it selected the chosen sentence.