State v. Hackett

HUFF, J.:

This appeal presents the novel question of whether a probationer’s probationary period may be tolled when he absconds from supervision. Appellant, Samuel Hackett, was sentenced to fifteen years suspended with five years of probation for second-degree burglary, and ten years suspended with five years probation for larceny. Hackett was twice brought before the court for probation violations, at which times he was found to be in violation of his probation conditions, and in both instances his probation was ordered tolled from the issuance of the warrant. On the third time Hackett was…