Yates v. State

HOFFMAN, Presiding Judge.

Michael D. Yates entered a plea of guilty to the charge of robbery, a class C felony. Yates was instructed to contact the St. Joseph County Adult Probation Department for his pre-sentence investigation. During the interview with the probation department, Yates signed a form granting permission for the release of information about himself. At the time he signed the release form, it was blank as to the addressee. Subsequently, the form was sent to River-wood Community Mental Health Center in St. Joseph, Michigan. The inquiry by the probation department elicited a…