Corley v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Billy Dwight Corley, pled no contest to the charge of sexual abuse of a child and the trial court sentenced him to ten years’ confinement. Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, the sentence was probated for a ten year period. The trial court entered its judgment on September 16, 1977. Fifteen months after the judgment date, the State filed a motion to revoke probation; however, for reasons not explained in the record, the hearing to revoke appellant’s probation was not had until August 27, 1987. At the…