Sappington v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a revocation of probation. In October, 1970, the appellant pled guilty to a charge of possession of marihuana. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, but the court suspended the imposition of sentence and placed him on probation for a five-year period. In February, 1973, the State filed a motion to revoke, on which a hearing was held on March 1, 1973. At the hearing, the State proved that appellant had committed the offense of burglary in December 1972, in violation of the condition of his probation that he commit no offense against the…