Boston v. State

Stolz, Judge.

In this parole revocation case the defendant had been put on twenty years’ probation for public drunkenness, aggravated assault, assault with a knife, and robbery by force. One of the conditions of probation was that the defendant "violate no local, State or Federal laws and be of general good behavior.” Revocation of the probation was sought on the ground that the defendant had been arrested on September 4, 1972, on charges of cutting another with a knife and drawing a knife.

At the revocation hearing, witnesses for the state offered testimony to the effect that the defendant hit…