Taylor v. State

On April 23, 1996, the appellant, Broderick Taylor, pled guilty to the charge of possession of marijuana in the first degree. He was given a three-year suspended sentence, and was placed on supervised probation for a period of three years. On December 11, 1996, the State filed a petition to revoke the appellant's probation because he had been arrested on two charges of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and one charge of possession of marijuana, and because he had tested positive on a drug test for marijuana use. A probation revocation hearing was held on December 17, 1996, and…