Ex Parte Sams of Alabama

STUART, Justice.

In September 2008, a probation-delinquency report was filed charging that Shunta Vile Sams had violated three conditions of his probation. The circuit court then conducted a probation-revocation hearing. After hearing the evidence, the circuit court was reasonably satisfied that the evidence supported a finding that Sams had violated the terms of his probation by committing a new offense — contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child or a child’s being in need of supervision. § 12-15-13, Ala.Code 1975 (effective January 1, 2009, this provision, as amended, appears…