Isaac v. State

SULLIVAN, Judge.

Lonnie Isaac (Isaac) appeals from the trial court’s revocation of probation.1 *607More accurately, however, Isaac challenges the refusal of the court to permit the prosecutor to dismiss the revocation petition and asserts that he was denied due process of law because, subsequent to its denial of the State’s motion, the trial court improperly assumed the role of prosecutor.

We reverse.

Isaac was found guilty of possession of marijuana and sentenced to two years in the Wabash County Jail. On April 18, 1989, the court granted Isaac’s request to serve the remainder of his sentence on…