Sykes v. State

On October 19, 1998, Dontel Oneal Sykes pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery. The circuit court sentenced him to serve 15 years in prison, but suspended the sentence and ordered that Sykes be placed on supervised probation for 5 years. After a hearing on December 18, 2001, the circuit court revoked Sykes's probation. This appeal followed.1

On appeal, Sykes argues 1) that the circuit court's order revoking his probation is inadequate because it does not specifically identify the evidence the court relied on in revoking Sykes's probation; 2) that the circuit court's order revoking his…