The mother of a 9-week-old baby is pleading to stay out of prison following an Idaho Court of Appeals ruling that the judge who placed her on probation was out of bounds. After 18 months on probation and two years of sobriety, recovering meth addict Kendra Goodrick is faced with returning to prison to finish her sentence for felony drug charges. “I’m going to miss out on so many firsts,” the Hayden woman said Monday, cradling her son Jameson in her arms. “His first words. His first steps. Everything.” Goodrick, 29, said she never thought she’d be headed back to prison after 1st District Judge John Mitchell placed her on probation in January 2006. The Court of Appeals decision was a devestating blow to Goodrick, who’s been described as a “model probationer” by the attorneys and counselors who worked with her. She married her longtime boyfriend on March 31 and gave birth to her first child on April 10.

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DFO: Wonder what former 1st District Judge opponent Rami Amaro and her supporters would say about this one?

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