Lester v. State

We reverse the trial court’s order revoking appellant’s probation and imposing sentence. The revocation was based on appellant’s commission of four criminal acts, as reflected in four criminal cases, each with its own case number. For two of these charges, the state introduced certified copies of the judgment of conviction. On these documents, the defendant was identified as “Olga Elster.” There was no evidence introduced at the violation of probation hearing that appellant was the person convicted in these two eases.

The state might properly have called appellant as a witness and asked her if…