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Bingham County, Aidah (ABC4) – Aidah’s Judicial Division issued a statement after public threats of a former BYU Baseball player who has been charged with sexual abuse of a young child. ABC4 talked to a criminal lawyer for the execution of the sentence.
2025 14 February Candon Dahle was accused of misconduct with the child under 16 years of age. February 10th He was arrested by Provo’s police and was discharged from Utah to Aidah to Utah to Aidaho. May Dahle’s accusations have been replaced by two calculations of two crimes against a child’s injury, a lower accusation.
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This amendment to his accusations was part of the mediation of the case, during which Aidah’s courts say Dahle had agreed to serve the probation and serve prison if that probation was violated. Prosecutors also agreed to dismiss another case for a claim.
Time Belt Candon Dahle Case. (Courtesy: Aidaho Judicial Department State)
For new accusations of crime for a child injury, Dahle “cannot be claimed to be registered as a sexual offender”. A few months later, August 26, a different judge would convict Dahle on the basis of these accusations.
“After hearing their arguments, the judge decides to agree on the basis of the claim. For eight years, he shall submit the accused to the probation and will be served in a 180-day prison in the future, and a possible 10 years’ imprisonment,” the Aidah’s court department said in a schedule.
This arrangement of the action was “binding”, meaning that the judge could have accepted or dismissed the basis of the claim, but could not change its terms. If the judge had dismissed the action arrangement, the case would have opened the proceedings if new conditions had not been created.
“The judge’s decision corresponded to the arguments of both sides, a statement of the victim’s impact and other information about Dahle’s history and the risk of re -lifting – all factors in Aidah’s laws require the judge to consider,” the Aidaho Judicial Division said.
The lawyer terminates the sentence
Utah’s criminal lawyer Clayton Simms says that in this case the sentence was coordinated with what Dahle finally found guilty. He explained that Dahle had consequences for his crime, but they may not fit what society sees the justice.
“So we cannot reduce the punishment he found guilty of two crimes. They are not registrators sexual crimes, but there are still consequences. 180 Days Prison-Six Month Prison-200 Hours and 200 Hours [of] The community service, said Simms. – So there is a certain component of punishment, but some of the public may think that it is not enough. This does not correspond to the crime. ‘
Simms explained that what was originally charged with Dahle would have had a more severe sentence. However, Dahle eventually found guilty of two crimes that were not related to sexual offenses, so he was not required to register and received a sentence in the child’s accusation injury.
“If you look at what he actually addresses, the sentence corresponds to what he admitted guilty, not necessarily what he was accused of. So what he was accused of, but not necessarily convicted, would be much more severe,” Simms said.
Because Dahle’s initial accusations are in a public record, Simms said, the public responds to primary charges and expected punishments based on those. Since the case was not in court and the action arrangement was held, the severity of its crime was reduced.
“If he in some way violates the probation, he could get to prison. He could serve that prison sentence, if he violates the probation. But now it is just hanging over his head during the probation period. He has to finish the community service, he has to fill in the prison,” Simms said.
Simms expanded some factors that could have made prosecutors ‘and dahle lawyers’ decision during mediation. One of these factors was the age of the Dahle because it was under the age of 18, when some suspected abuse occurred. Another factor may have been Dahle’s loss of possibilities as it can no longer play the BYU baseball team.
“There are more sanctions, not just going to prison, which will be felt here,” Simmas said.
Like the explanation of the Aidah’s Judicial Department, Simms said the action arrangement is a way of resolving the case without the need to testify at the time of the court, and that it eliminates a certain risk to the defendant. This is a compromise between prosecution and defense that can prevent jurors to court.
“So there are crimes and serious accusations against a child, a child’s injuries, but they are not recorded sexual crimes. So the claim for this case has been a reduction that he has avoided prison, but served some prison time, so it was a compromise,” Simms explained.
The court responds to threats
By Aidah State Courts Division of Judges Press“Criticism of recent criminal punishment has become misinformation and threats that are now disrupting the operations of the court,” and pose a danger to Aidahoy’s rights to resolve their cases by impartial judge.
The Aidah’s Judicial Department stated that after Dahle became public, history spread to social media and forced people to send threats to court and judge. They say the court staff was told that people were coming to “get” a judge. The messages and records were sent where people expect the judge and his children to be sexually attacked.
Although the Aidah’s Judicial Department acknowledged that the criticism of the judges is “right and expected”, they have stated that these threats are terminated by the function of the courts and could interfere with “timely justice.” They also stated that the court did not decide on issues based on public opinion.
“The Aidah’s Judicial Department calls for an immediate termination of these threats and calls for all the cases discussing the case, interrupting and getting to know its facts. Aidah judges are responsible to their government and their public.
Abigail Jones, Renisha Mall and Alexa McFadden contributed to this report.
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