State v. Dunbar

OPINION

STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.

This appeal by the State challenges the trial court’s authority to place a defendant previously adjudicated guilty of a “3g” offense on “shock probation.” 1 We hold that Wendy R. Dunbar was ineligible for community supervision on the date the trial court suspended execution on her four year sentence for indecency with a child by sexual contact. Accordingly, we vacate the community supervision order, reinstate the judgment of conviction and remand the case for the trial court to carry out the sentence previously imposed.

The indictment alleged that on or…