Bennett v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order revoking probation.

Appellant was convicted of passing a forged instrument on March 27, 1968, in Potter County; the punishment was assessed at three (3) years, and appellant was placed on probation. One of the conditions of appellant’s probation was that he “commit no offense against the laws of this or any other state or of the United States.”

On January 4, 1971 the State filed a motion to revoke probation charging that on August 31, 1970 appellant violated his probation by “. . . unlawfully commit (ting) the offense of operating a motor…