Saunders v. United States

Following a probation revocation hearing, the trial court revoked appellant’s probation and executed a sentence of five to fifteen years imprisonment. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court’s decision revoking his probation was not supported by substantial evidence, and thus was an abuse of discretion, and that the trial court’s failure to execute a written statement containing evidentiary findings and reasoned conclusions of law was a violation of appellant’s due process rights. We affirm.

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In 1982, a jury convicted appellant of armed robbery. 1 Thereafter, Judge Shuker, the…