Stuart v. State

NATHAN, Judge.

Defendant, Michael Stuart, appeals the revocation of his probation, but so structures his argument as to attempt to challenge the jurisdictional authority of the trial court to render its judgment revoking probation. We reject his contentions and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The essential facts are as follows. Defendant is a youth with a troubled history of mental problems which includes a low normal or mildly retarded intellectual capacity. In 1973, he was charged with ten counts of breaking and entering and nine counts of grand larceny. He pled guilty to the breaking…