People v. Davis

The principal issue in this case is whether the circuit court may properly revoke a sentence of probation conditioned on the defendant’s securing inpatient treatment for drug and alcohol dependency problems, for the sole reason that there are no treatment facilities in the State which are willing to accept the defendant for inpatient treatment. We conclude that probation revocation is proper under these circumstances where the principal condition of probation has been frustrated. Accordingly, we affirm.

On June 21, 1983, the defendant was placed on 30 months’ probation following a conviction…