Brown v. State

Carley, Judge.

A petition was filed alleging that appellant had violated the terms of his probation “ [i]n that on July 9,1982, subject was arrested and accused of having committed the offense of rape.” A hearing was *474held, at the conclusion of which the trial court made the following oral statement: “I find, as a matter of fact, that [appellant] has violated the terms of his probated sentence; he may not be guilty of the offense of rape, but certainly there is evidence to find him guilty of child molestation or some lesser included offense----” A written order was subsequently entered which…