State v. Green

DURHAM, Justice:

Defendant appeals from the trial court’s revocation of his probation. He claims that his probation term had already been terminated by operation of law pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 77-18-l(10)(a) (Supp.1984), 1 which provides for automatic termination of probation after eighteen months with no probation violations, and that the trial court lacked authority to revoke probation after the expiration of the statutory period.

Defendant pleaded guilty on February 7, 1984, to a charge of issuing bad checks under Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-505 (1978). He was sentenced by the trial court on…