State v. Loren

CIACCIO, Judge.

Relator, Paul Loren, was sentenced on June 2, 1982 on two charges of distribution of marijuana. On each charge he was sentenced to five years at hard labor, suspended, and placed on five years supervised probation, with the sentences to run concurrently. Accordingly, his term of probation was to expire on June 2, 1987.

On August 1, 1986, a warrant for his arrest was issued by the trial judge in response to a letter from the probation department advising the court that Loren had violated the conditions of his probation by absconding from supervision.

On January 10, 1990, Loren was…