State ex rel. Quinlan v. Cain

GRANTED. The order of the trial court revoking the relator’s probation and making the suspended sentence executory is vacated; the relator is ordered released from custody on that charge.

On August 31, 1979, the relator’s sentence of five years at hard labor imposed on his conviction for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute was suspended and he was placed on active probation for a period of two years. Prior to the end of his probationary period, which would run until August 3, 1981, he was arrested by federal authorities in Florida on subsequent charges. The state, within the…