Nichols v. State

Jerry Lee Nichols appeals an order revoking his probation for failure to complete public service work hours (community service). We conclude that the record does not support the trial court’s finding that Mr. Nichols willfully violated his probation by failing to complete his community service, and reverse.

The court originally sentenced Mr. Nichols to three years’ probation on March 4, 1996. A special condition of his probation was that he “perform 150 hours of public service work as directed by [his probation] Officer, to be completed at a rate of 50 hours each year.”

On September 21, 1998,…