Hall v. State

Andre John Hall appeals an order revoking his probation and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief on the basis of newly discovered evidence. We conclude that there must be a new probation revocation hearing and remand for that purpose.

At the probation revocation hearing, the arresting officer testified that he saw defendant-appellant Hall in possession of a small off-white object which appeared to the officer to be crack cocaine. The defendant was a passenger in an automobile which had been stopped for a traffic violation. The resulting search turned up crack cocaine. The…