Williams v. State

MOORE, Justice.

Defendant John H. Williams (“Williams”) appeals from an order of the Superior Court revoking his unexecuted probation because of prior criminal convictions, which were unknown at the time probation was granted. Williams maintains that the Superior Court had no authority to revoke an unexecuted sentence of probation upon being informed of the defendant’s undiscovered criminal conduct, and that such revocation constitutes an abuse of the trial judge’s discretion absent a demonstration of the defendant’s concealment of his criminal activities. In our opinion the decision of the…