Hawkins v. State

While I agree that an individual is entitled to notice of the grounds upon which a suspended sentence is sought to be revoked, I can find no prejudice in the case at hand where appellant’s own testimony shows grounds for the revocation. Her own testimony shows that she was drinking on a Sunday and that she invited the complaining witness to her room for an act of adultery where the complaining witness lost $300 after he went to sleep. In Dillard v. State, 226 Ark. 720, 293 S. W. 2d (1956), we upheld a criminal conviction upon the proof of staying in a motel only one night.

I submit that the…