Purgason v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

"Only slight evidence is required to authorize the revocation of a sentence being served on probation. [Cits.]” Faulkner v. State, 101 Ga. App. 889 (115 SE2d 393). "When, after due notice, the trial judge conducts a hearing upon the question of revocation of a probationary sentence, he is not bound by the same degree of evidence as in the first instance, but has a wide discretion.” Atkinson v. State, 82 Ga. App. 414 (61 SE2d 212). "Nor is it necessary to show that the defendant has been charged or convicted of a crime for the acts constituting the violation of probation.…