Kirkpatrick v. State

Appellant raises four issues in this appeal from an order revoking his probation and resentencing him to a term of imprisonment, only one of which merits discussion. Appellant argues that the trial court committed reversible error by sua sponte directing the state to produce three additional witnesses at a continuation of the violation of probation hearing after both parties had already rested their cases. We disagree and affirm.

Appellant entered a negotiated plea to a charge of lewd and lascivious activity (in the form of sexual battery) on a child under 16 years of age in exchange for a…