State v. McDonald

Kermit Lee McDonald, Jr. appeals a judgment of the Circuit Court of Grant County, which revoked his juvenile probation and sentenced him to six months to two years in a forestry camp. We conclude that under these circumstances probation was arbitrarily revoked, and reverse the circuit court.

On November 7, 1980 the appellant was adjudicated a’ delinquent child by the Circuit Court of Grant County. Based on the recommendation of John A. Hevener, Juvenile Probation Officer, appellant was placed on two to five years’ supervised probation. The conditions of probation included a requirement that…