Lester v. State

Appellant is challenging an order entered by the trial court revoking his probation and parole alleging that he was denied due process of law as guaranteed to him by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, in that he was not provided a preliminary hearing prior to his final probation revocation hearing.

On January 28, 1972, appellant was charged with committing the crime of grand larceny. Counsel was furnished to appellant prior to arraignment, and a plea of not guilty was entered. Subsequently, appellant withdrew his not guilty plea and voluntarily entered a…