Johnson v. State

OPINION

GONZALEZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order revoking probation which presents the question of whether a defendant may be banished from the county as a probationary condition. We hold that this condition is unreasonable, and therefore void. However, we affirm on the basis that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in revoking appellant’s probation on another ground.

Appellant was convicted of unauthorized use of a vehicle and sentenced to six years confinement. After serving some time in the Texas Department of Corrections on “shock probation,” imposition of the sentence was…