Miller v. State

On this appeal we are presented with two questions: First, whether the revocation of appellant’s probation for failing to pay a fine and court costs was a violation of the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment; and second, whether the trial court lacked jurisdiction to revoke appellant’s probation after the term of probation had expired. Because we answer the second question in the affirmative, we shall reverse the order of the lower court without reaching or deciding the first question.

James Harvey Miller, appellant, was convicted at a bench trial in the Criminal Court of…