Davis v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

We take this case on review from the court of appeals. The events that led to this review arose from Calvin Davis having been charged in December 2002 with theft by receiving in case number CR 02-4246. On August 25, 2003, Davis entered a negotiated plea of guilty to the theft-by-receiving charge and was sentenced to three years’ probation, required to pay $300 fine and court costs, required to perform forty hours of community service, and required to submit a DNA sample. This probationary sentence was conditioned upon Davis’s compliance with written rules of conduct.

Later,…