Wallace v. United States

Appellant, challenging the revocation of his probation, assigns as error the trial court’s preliminary order extending his probationary period, arguing that such an order was invalid as it was entered ex parte. Perceiving no error, we affirm.

In the spring i of 1974, appellant was convicted of one I count of rape, D.C.Code § 22-2801 (198lj), and one count of sodomy, id. § 22-3502, And was sentenced to concurrent terms of two to six years on each count. Under £he terms of the sentence, appellant was ordered to serve six months’ imprisonment fc llowed by five and one-half years’ probation!.

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