State v. Espinoza

HAYS, Justice.

On October 24, 1973, the appellant, Paul O. Espinoza, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of sale of heroin. The imposition of the sentence was suspended and appellant was placed on probation for a period of five years to date from November 21, 1973. On two occasions thereafter, on May 8, 1974 and again on October 23, 1975, the court found that the appellant had violated the terms of his probation and in both cases extended the probation.

On March 15, 1976, the appellant’s probation officer filed a petition to revoke probation alleging that:

“On or about 3-9-76, the defendant…