Murphy v. State

On November 8, 2001, Michael Nelson Murphy pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and was sentenced to five years in prison. The trial court, however, suspended the sentence and placed Murphy on supervised probation for five years.

On May 20, 2002, a delinquency report was filed against Murphy, alleging generally that he had "violated the terms and conditions of the probationary sentence heretofore imposed upon him." (C. 6.) On June 25, 2002, the trial court conducted a hearing, at the end of which it revoked Murphy's probation. On July 2, 2002, it issued an order of revocation that stated,…