People v. Coles

This is an appeal from an order that revoked defendant’s probation. Three issues are presented for our review. 1. Whether the revocation violated defendant’s constitutional rights because a material witness-informer, after demand by the defense, was not produced in court by the prosecution. 2. Whether the evidence proved that defendant violated the terms of her probation. 3. Whether the trial court applied the correct standards when it sentenced defendant after revocation of the probation.

In 1971, defendant was indicted for murder. On January 31, 1972, she pled guilty to the lesser included…