Hollis v. State

OPINION

LAGARDE, Justice.

In 1993, after appellant pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery, the trial court deferred adjudication of his guilt and placed him on community supervision for ten years. In 1995, Lancaster police officer Norman Ham-mel arrested appellant for possession of cocaine found inside appellant’s car. Based on the new charge, the State filed a motion to proceed with an adjudication of guilt on the aggravated robbery charge. The trial court set the hearing on the State’s motion to adjudicate in the aggravated robbery case and the trial in the cocaine possession ease for the same…