Commonwealth v. Ballard

CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order revoking appellant’s probation and imposing a term of imprisonment.

In December of 1972 appellant was found guilty of assault and battery and aggravated robbery. Sentence was suspended on the assault and battery bill, and on the robbery charge appellant was placed on five years county probation. On January 15, 1975, a probation revocation hearing was held, and it was established that appellant had violated probation by committing two new crimes.1 Notwithstanding these violations the court saw fit not to incarcerate appellant but, instead, revoked…