Farmer v. State

Benham, Chief Justice.

Appellant James Farmer was given a probated sentence when he pleaded guilty to several driving offenses in September 1994. On November 1, 1994, the trial court revoked appellant’s probation after finding that a preponderance of the evidence established that appellant had committed aggravated battery on his common-law wife. The Court of Appeals denied appellant’s application for discretionary review of his probation revocation, and we granted his petition for a writ of certiorari, asking whether appellant’s probation revocation was based upon admissible evidence.

When the…