State v. Adrian Hazard

OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG,

for the Court.

The defendant, Adrian Hazard,1 appeals from an adjudication of probation violation. While on probation, the defendant fled from two uniformed police officers after they instructed him to stop his vehicle. After the defendant’s brief flight came to an end and he was arrested, a replica of an 1858 Remington revolver was discovered on the floor of his car. On the basis of this conduct, the trial justice found the defendant to be a violator of the terms and *482conditions of his probation, and the defendant appealed.

In addition to the probation-violation…