Bryant v. State

The application for certiorari assigns error on the overruling of a motion by the defendant, prior to the introduction of evidence, that the State reduce to writing its motion to revoke the sentence. In this regard, the record reveals that the defendants were brought before the court, each represented by counsel, without any written pleadings such as a petition by the solicitor-general or rule nisi, and that counsel for one of the defendants then stated, “We would like to be apprised of what we are here for,” and, after some discussion, made an oral motion that the grounds for revocation be…