J.S. v. State

This appeal arises from an order revoking appellant’s community control. Because the trial court clearly violated appellant’s due process rights by failing to give him adequate time to prepare for the violation hearing, we reverse.

Appellant pled no contest to a delinquency petition, and the court withheld adjudication and placed appellant on community control. His community control officer subsequently filed an affidavit of violation. When the case was initially called, the clerk advised the trial court that it required a hearing date. The community control officer advised the court that she…