Burrell v. State

OPINION

Vernon Burrell appeals from a decision to revoke his probation and to sentence him on 11 counts of obtaining money by false pretenses, for which he originally received a suspended imposition of sentence in 1976. He raises three issues.

Burrell contends, first, that his probation had expired before the incident alleged as the basis of the petition to revoke his probation. For this argument Burrell relies chiefly upon the written Order Suspending Imposition of Sentence and Providing for Probation, dated May 5,1976, which provided that:

the imposition of sentence be suspended for a period…