Abel v. Wyrick

SEILER, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which petitioner claims that he is being illegally confined because of failure to afford him his due process rights at his probation revocation hearing. This court has jurisdiction and venue, as will be gone into below. The major issues for our consideration on the merits are whether (1) failure to notify petitioner of the violations to be charged against him prior to hearing violated his due process rights, in light of his admission that he committed the violations; (2) whether the trial judge considered, and if not, should have considered,…