Turner v. State

James Nelson Turner pleaded guilty to and was convicted of third degree burglary and receiving stolen property in the first degree. His concurrent sentences of five years' imprisonment were split so that he would serve one year in prison and four years on probation.

During his first nine months in prison, Turner received three disciplinaries and had eleven fights with other inmates. The trial judge revoked Turner's probation because Turner "mess[ed] up on a split sentence" before Turner had finished serving his one year in prison.

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Probation can be revoked for the violation of a condition of…