People v. McCracken

Defendant William McCracken appeals from a judgment revoking his probation and sentencing him to three years’ imprisonment for burglary, attempted residential burglary and theft. The issues on appeal are: whether he received sufficient notice of the charges against him to satisfy due process; and whether the State satisfied its burden of proof.

We first address defendant’s argument that his due process right to notice of the probation revocation proceedings was violated by the State’s failure to file a petition to revoke probation. The law provides that only minimum due process requirements…