McGee v. State

Richard L. Mays, Justice.

In January 1980, after appellant allegedly committed the offense of theft of property on December 16, 1979 and the offenses of felon in possession of a firearm, rape, and burglary approximately one week later on December 22, the prosecuting attorney filed a petition to revoke a probation and a suspended sentence which he had received in 1976 and 1979, respectively. The 1976 probation grew out of a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of theft of property in which the court postponed the pronouncement of sentence and placed appellant under supervision for a period of…