Hunter v. State

Clark, Judge.

The principal question presented in this appeal from a revocation of probation is whether a probationer is entitled as of right to counsel at the revocation hearing. A secondary question is the extent to which a probationer assigned to a rehabilitation institution may be subjected to searches of his person.

Following his pleas of guilty to four counts of burglary and one count of possession of marijuana, appellant was placed on probation. More than a year later defendant’s probation officer petitioned for revocation of his probation on the ground that he had violated one of its…