Stanfield v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

CLINTON, Judge.

This a probation revocation case in which dates become significant. On October 20, 1980, a motion to revoke probation was filed, alleging inter alia, that appellant committed the offense of forgery by passing and that he failed to pay his monthly probation fee for September and October 1980. Pursuant to a hearing on that motion the trial court revoked his probation January 18, 1981.

Having once harmonized two 1977 versions of § 8(c), Article 42.12, V.A.C.C.P., in Jones v. State, 589 S.W.2d 419 (Tex.Cr.App.1979), the Court is now confronted…