Ex Parte Donaldson

The applicant pleaded guilty to a charge of indecency with a child, and the trial court placed him on six years’ probation on May 10, 1993. Because the applicant had incurred new federal charges, the State filed a motion to revoke his probation in 1996. The State moved to dismiss the motion to revoke probation in April, 1998, because the applicant had served time in federal prison for “related crimes” and the State no longer wished to prosecute. The trial court granted the State’s motion to dismiss on April 14, 1999. On May 10, 1999, the applicant’s probationary period expired with no motion…