People v. Lipscomb

In July 1998, defendant pleaded guilty to two narcotics charges and was sentenced to probation for two years. Ultimately, his probation was revoked, and he was sentenced to prison for concurrent three-year terms. The issue presented on review is whether the trial court acted properly when it revoked probation because, as defendant argues, his probationary term had already expired before the petitions to revoke were filed.

On October 15, 1998, defendant appeared in court charged with a violation of probation. He entered an admission to the charge, his original probationary sentence was revoked,…