State v. Rideau

TATE, Justice.

The defendant’s probation was revoked. We granted certiorari, 371 So.2d 270 (1979), on the defendant’s contention that her probation was revoked without affording her an opportunity to explain mitigating circumstances relating to her probation violations.

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Clara R. Rideau, an indigent, pleaded guilty to nineteen counts of issuing worthless checks, La.R.S. 14:71, in the total amount of $914.20. She was sentenced to one year in the parish jail on one count (a check in the amount of $114.75), and to 30 *1252days each on the remaining counts (checks under one hundred dollars), all…