State v. Galloway

CourtCourt of Appeals of Kansas
DecidedJanuary 14, 2022
Docket122990
StatusUnpublished

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Opinion

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

No. 122,990

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee,

v.

KERRIE LEE GALLOWAY, Appellant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appeal from Reno District Court; JOSEPH L. MCCARVILLE III, judge. Opinion filed January 14, 2022. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions.

Corrine E. Gunning, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant.

Sierra M. Logan, assistant district attorney, Thomas Stanton, district attorney, and Derek Schmidt, attorney general, for appellee.

Before ARNOLD-BURGER, C.J., MALONE, J., and JAMES L. BURGESS, S.J.

PER CURIAM: Kerrie Lee Galloway pled no contest to felony driving under the influence (DUI), fourth or subsequent offense. The district court sentenced Galloway to 12 months in jail and granted probation with court services for 12 months. The district court ordered Galloway to serve 90 days in jail but authorized house arrest for 2,160 hours after she served 72 hours in jail. The district court later revoked the order for house arrest because Galloway consumed alcohol, and the court ordered her to serve 90 days in jail followed by 12 months of probation. On appeal, Galloway claims the district court lacked jurisdiction to revoke the order for house arrest because it amounted to an illegal

1 modification of her lawful sentence. Alternatively, Galloway argues the evidence was insufficient to prove she violated the conditions of her house arrest. Finally, Galloway argues the district court erred when it failed to give her jail credit for the time she served in house arrest before the order was revoked. We agree with Galloway's last claim about jail credit but otherwise affirm the district court's judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On May 22, 2019, the State charged Galloway with one count each of DUI, fourth or subsequent offense—a felony, operating a motor vehicle without a valid license, and failure to report an accident, for events occurring on March 28, 2019. Galloway was released on a $5,000 appearance bond and counsel entered an appearance on her behalf.

On December 11, 2019, Galloway pled no contest to the felony DUI in exchange for the State dismissing the other charges. Under the plea agreement, the parties recommended the district court impose a 12-month jail sentence but depart to 12 months' probation with court services. Likewise, the parties agreed to recommend Galloway be placed on house arrest and acknowledged that Galloway needed to serve 72 hours in jail before being released to house arrest for 2,160 hours.

At sentencing on January 17, 2020, the district court announced that it would follow the plea agreement. The district court sentenced Galloway to 12 months in jail, fined her $2,500, and granted probation with court services for 12 months. The district court ordered Galloway to serve 90 days in jail but authorized house arrest for 2,160 hours after she served 72 hours in jail. The district court allowed Galloway three weeks to schedule her house arrest and emphasized she must start the house arrest immediately after her release from 72 hours in jail. Finally, the district judge advised Galloway:

2 "Okay, so this is my 15th year I think as a judge and in my entire 15 years nobody who's ever been granted house arrest who violates the terms of house arrest has been allowed to finish their term of confinement on house arrest so if you mess up house arrest you're going to spend the time in jail. Well, I'm not promising that. I'm just saying going by history probably that would be what's happening here, okay?"

On January 24, 2020, the district court filed an order of probation stating Galloway was placed on probation for a period of 12 months effective January 17, 2020. The order of probation included a special condition that Galloway "[m]ust serve 90 days in the Reno County Jail or serve 3 days in the Reno County Jail followed by 2160 hours of house arrest to be started within 3 weeks."

On January 28, 2020, the district court filed an order of commitment for Galloway with a confinement date of February 4, 2020, and a release date of February 7, 2020. The order stated she "[m]ust serve 3 days in jail followed by 2,160 hours of house arrest." The order also stated that "Defendant is ordered to report to the Reno County Correctional Facility on the date and time above-stated in a sober condition, and not under the influence of alcohol or any non-prescription drugs."

On April 15, 2020, the State filed a motion to revoke, alleging that Galloway violated the terms of her probation by consuming alcohol on April 1, 2020. The motion alleged the following sequence of breath tests by Galloway on April 1: 1:57 p.m.— compliant breath test; 3:43 p.m.—missed breath test; 5:05 p.m.—BrAC of 0.042; 5:22 p.m.—BrAC of 0.036; 5:37 p.m.—missed breath test; 6:15 p.m.—compliant breath test.

The district court held an evidentiary hearing on the motion on June 11, 2020. Rock Gagnebin testified that he was the CEO and owner of the company that provided a handheld "Soberlink" device to monitor alcohol consumption for individuals on house arrest. According to Gagnebin, Galloway needed to perform breath tests while on house arrest using the device. Gagnebin testified that Galloway submitted to several breath tests 3 with the Soberlink device on April 1, 2020. Although Galloway passed some of the tests that day, she also missed some of the scheduled tests and did not make them up. She also failed two of the tests with breath alcohol readings of 0.042 and 0.036.

Galloway testified and acknowledged she was on house arrest on April 1, 2020. She recalled having connectivity problems with the breath test device while on house arrest, including on April 1, 2020. According to Galloway, the device gave an error message twice at tests around 5:20 p.m. and 5:37 p.m. She did not recall receiving an alarm to take the test at 3:43 p.m. Galloway contacted the monitoring company the next day and spoke with someone on the phone, who told her Gagnebin would have to call her back. Gagnebin eventually did but said he did not know what the error message meant and told her to take a picture with her phone. Galloway denied consuming alcohol on April 1, but said she "probably took some cough syrup that day."

Based on the evidence, the district court found that "it's more likely than not that [Galloway] was consuming alcohol" and "trying to conceal that." As a result, the district court revoked Galloway's house arrest and ordered her to surrender to custody on June 22, 2020, to serve 90 days in jail followed by reinstatement of probation for 12 months. The district court awarded Galloway jail credit for the three days she served in the Reno County Jail from February 4, 2020, to February 7, 2020, but the district court did not award Galloway jail credit for any of the time she served under house arrest.

Galloway timely appealed. She later successfully moved the district court for an appeal bond and stay of the 90-day confinement. In July 2020, Galloway signed an order of probation to begin serving her 12-month term of probation on September 20, 2020.

4 DID THE DISTRICT COURT HAVE JURISDICTION TO REVOKE HOUSE ARREST?

Galloway first claims the district court lacked jurisdiction to revoke the order for house arrest because it amounted to an illegal modification of her lawful sentence. The State responds that the district court had jurisdiction over Galloway while on house arrest because it ordered her to be placed under supervision of court services.

Both parties recognize that Galloway can make this claim for the first time on appeal because it presents a question of subject matter jurisdiction, which can be raised at any time. See State v.

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