Judge Dayna Vise rejected the prosecution’s request for a seven- to 10-year prison term in Chaffee County District Court. The decision came after the defense questioned how a probation revocation could lead directly to prison for a man whose supervision, the defense argued, failed to account for his homelessness, medical complications and difficulty accessing treatment. In March 2026, according to the defense, the accused’s probation officer emailed his treatment provider and directed that he not attend group sessions because of a pending warrant. “I’m a printer, a computer programmer, I’m a network engineer,” the accused told the court. The circumstances described during the hearing highlighted how probation requirements can collide with housing instability, medical problems and barriers to treatment.