Johnson v. State

Appellant challenges the revocation of his probation based on his discharge from a drug treatment facility for writing an inappropriate unsolicited letter to a woman outside of the facility. We reverse because Appellant’s letter and subsequent discharge from the facility did not constitute a willful and substantial violation of his probation.

Successful completion of a drug treatment program was a condition of Appellant’s probation, but, for Appellant’s failure to complete the program to be a willful violation of probation, the evidence must show that he was at fault or “in some manner…