Roberts v. State

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order revoking probation.

Appellant contends the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion to dismiss the revocation of probation proceedings when the motion to revoke was not heard within the twenty (20) day period imposed by Article 42.12, Section 8(a), V.A. C.C.P., which provides in part:

“Sec. 8(a). At any time during the period of probation the court may issue a warrant for violation of any of the conditions of the probation and cause the defendant to be arrested.... A probationer so arrested may be detained in the county jail…