State v. Dorsey
CourtCourt of Appeals of Kansas
Date FiledOctober 23, 2026
Docket129952
StatusUnpublished
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Full Opinion
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION
No. 129,952
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS
STATE OF KANSAS,
Appellee,
v.
ANGELIQUE ROBIN DORSEY,
Appellant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appeal from Jackson District Court; NORBERT C. MAREK JR., judge. Submitted without oral
argument. Opinion filed October 23, 2026. Affirmed.
Submitted by the parties for summary disposition under K.S.A. 21-6820(g) and (h).
Before SCHROEDER, P.J., PICKERING and BOLTON FLEMING, JJ.
SCHROEDER, J.: Angelique Robin Dorsey timely appeals the district court's order
revoking her probation and imposing her underlying prison sentence. We granted
Dorsey's motion for summary disposition in lieu of briefing under Supreme Court Rule
7.041A (2026 Kan. S. Ct. R. at 48). The State did not respond to the motion.
Dorsey was convicted of possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug
paraphernalia. The district court sentenced her to 15 months' imprisonment, suspended to
12 months' supervised probation, which did not go well. Dorsey committed a new crime
and other probation violations, which she admitted before the district court. Still, she
asserts the district court abused its discretion in revoking her probation and ordering her
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to serve her full underlying prison sentence, arguing a lesser sanction would have been
more appropriate.
Once a probation violation is established, a district court has discretion to revoke
probation and impose the original sentence unless the court is otherwise limited by
statute. State v. Tafolla, 315 Kan. 324, 328, 508 P.3d 351 (2022). Generally, a district
court is required to impose an intermediate sanction before revoking probation. See
K.S.A. 22-3716(c)(1)(B), (c)(1)(C). A court may revoke probation without having
previously imposed a sanction if the court finds the offender committed a new felony or
misdemeanor. K.S.A. 22-3716(c)(7)(C). A judicial action constitutes an abuse of
discretion if (1) it is arbitrary, fanciful, or unreasonable; (2) it is based on an error of law;
or (3) it is based on an error of fact. State v. Younger, 320 Kan. 98, 137-38, 564 P.3d 744
(2025).
Here, Dorsey admitted to multiple violations of the terms of her probation,
including the commission of a new crime. Dorsey's multiple violations showed the
district court she could not comply with the conditions of her probation. We observe no
error of fact or law underlying the district court's decision, nor is the decision objectively
unreasonable. The district court acted within its sound discretion and statutory authority.
See K.S.A. 22-3716(c)(7)(C). Accordingly, we affirm the revocation of Dorsey's
probation and the imposition of her full underlying prison sentence.
Affirmed.
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