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Show Probation, Odyssey House : For Burglary Defendants t The regular monthly law and motion day of Seventh I. Ji'dicial District Court was " held in Grand County on Tuesday, March 7, with 1 Judge Edward Sheya presiding. presid-ing. In the first case on the criminal crim-inal calendar was the State of Utah versus John R. Inu-keep Inu-keep and Dennis D. Hotz on charges of 2nd degree burglary. burg-lary. This was the time set for sentencing of the defendants. de-fendants. The case arose . from a burglary at Walker .'. Drug Store where the de-' de-' fendants were apprehended ' by police. It was made to appear to the court that Dennis Hotz had enrolled in Odyssey house a home in Salt Lake City for the treatment of persons addicted ad-dicted to the use of narcotic 0 drugs. Representatives of that institution appeared in court and stated that Mr. Jj! Hotz was responding well to J treatment and appeared to be , determined to overcome his r addiction to drugs. Judge Sheya questioned the defend-and defend-and and the defendant likc- 1 wise sated his decsiion to complete com-plete the required stay at Odyssey House until he is if fully recovered from the ad- diction. It was stated that comple'.? recovery requires from 18 to if 24 months. Judge Sheya i therefore sentenced the de- fendant Hotz to the statutory prison term of not less than 1 nor more han 20 years in the Utah State Prison for the crime of second degree t burglary. A stay of execution was granted for a period of three years, the main conditions condi-tions being that Hotz remain at Odyssey house and takfl the complete course of treatment. treat-ment. Upon his failure to do so he will be required to serve ser-ve the prison term. The Adult Parole and Probation Pro-bation Board recommended t'hat the defendant Inskeep be granted probation. It was made to appear to the court, Lyccording to Judge Sheya, in .pie probation report that the 'A defendant had gainful em- ployment and that he was skilled in operating heavy J equipment and was working ?nd had worked for a num- i ber of contractors in this area. ar-ea. Mr. Inskeep likewise reported re-ported to the court that he was no longer taking narcotics narco-tics and was determined never to do so again. Judge Sheya meted out the same statutory sentence and stayed stay-ed execuion for a period cf two years upon the condition that no narcotics would be used, possessed nor sold by the defendant during said time and other very strict jeonditifons. The defendant was given to understand tha. upon violation of any of these conditions, he would be required re-quired to serve the prison term. In the case of the State of Utah versus Delford L. Hoiz, defendant; the latter changed his plea from not guilty to guilty to a charge of sale cf narcotic drugs. Judge Sheya then set April 11, at 10 a.m. as the date for pronouncement pronounce-ment of judgement. Judge Sheya ordered in the meantime mean-time that the defendant enter the Utah State hospital for evaluation and for tests to determine whether or not he is eligible and receptive lo treatment for the use of narcotic nar-cotic drugs. A report will be made to the court prior to sentencing in order that the court can determine whether any treatment treat-ment would prove effective in this case. In the State of U Call versus a 1967 Chevrolet automobile Judge Sheya fcund from the evidence tht this vehicle was used to carry, conceal, and transport a narcotic drug and ordered the same forfeited for-feited to the State to be dealt with according to law. The City Attorney of Moab appeared in the appeal of Thomas Arnold and moved for a dismissal of the speeding speed-ing charge appeal for good cause shown. This wan granted. grant-ed. The court also granted an annullment to Steven L. Barton Bar-ton from Joan Barton and a divorce was granted to Margaret Mar-garet P. Wilson from E. La-Var La-Var Wilson. The court also heard numerous num-erous probate and guardianship guardian-ship matters and made orders ord-ers conforming to the evidence. |