Helton v. State

This is an appeal from an order of the Blount County Circuit Court revoking the appellant's probation.

In March 1987, the appellant was convicted of murder and was sentenced to a term of ten years' imprisonment. This sentence was suspended, and the appellant was placed on five years' probation. On September 30, 1988, probation officer Gloria Page filed a report stating that the appellant had violated the terms and conditions of his probationary sentence by engaging in "injurious and vicious behavior." Specifically, the appellant, on two separate occasions, physically assaulted Bobbie Janel…