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Woman sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to burglary-of-habitation charge
Summary
Joanne Clawson pleaded no-contest in a case involving driving while intoxicated with multiple prior incidents; the court accepted the plea, sentenced her to six years in prison, imposed a $2,000 fine and recommended therapeutic-community placement.
Judge Stephanie Boyd accepted Joanne Clawson's plea and imposed a six-year prison sentence after reviewing plea paperwork and state exhibits.
Clawson waived formal reading of the indictment and acknowledged she understood the rights she was relinquishing by pleading no contest. The court accepted the state's recommendation and found the evidence sufficient to support a guilty finding, then deferred the finding in the sense of accepting a plea-bargain disposition that included sentencing. The court sentenced Clawson to six years in prison, ordered a $2,000 fine and imposed a two-year driver's-license suspension. The court recommended placement in a therapeutic community and ordered credit for time served.
Defense counsel noted Clawson engaged with Alcoholics Anonymous and substance-abuse curricula while in custody and asked the court to consider therapeutic placement. The judge urged Clawson to pursue changes on release and offered to assist with placement if she remained in need of help.
