Beaulieu v. State

The only issue here is whether the sentencing court considered probation for the defendant as required by Sanchez v. State, Wyo. 1978, 592 P.2d 1130. The past criminal record of the defendant, as disclosed by the presentence report, indicates that probation could be only a far-removed alternative for disposition. The fact that probation was requested and the appearance of a probation plan in the pre-sentence report can lead to no conclusion but that the court could not avoid giving it consideration. No particular amount of consideration is required. There need be no specific entry into the record of reasons why probation is denied nor does the word probation even need be mentioned by the court if it can be determined from the proceedings that it has been considered, however slightly. Kenney v. State, Wyo. 1980, 605 P.2d 811.