Moyers v. State

REYNOLDS, Senior Justice (Assigned).

Aggrieved by the judgment revoking her misdemeanor probation, appellant Sheryl Lynne Moyers contends the State failed to show due diligence was used to apprehend her after the motion to revoke her probation was filed. Agreeing, we will reverse and remand.

Pleading guilty to the misdemeanor offense of driving while intoxicated, appellant was found guilty on 23 May 1990, and assessed punishment of confinement in jail for one year, probated for two years to 22 May 1992, and a fine of $800. More than four years after appellant’s probationary period expired, the…