Hunter v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

The determinative issue in this case is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the revocation of the defendant’s probation for violating a probation condition of disputed meaning. We conclude that the condition lacked sufficient clarity to provide the defendant with fair notice that the conduct at issue would constitute a violation of probation.

The defendant, Theron Hunter, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment with *1162four years suspended to probation.1 Three months after his release and the commencement of his probation, the Ripley County Probation Department…