Venable v. Commonwealth

HUMPHREYS, Judge.

Appellant James Paul Venable, Jr. (“Venable”), a convicted sex offender, contends that the trial court erred in holding that he had violated a condition of his probation. Venable *383reasons that his probation violation was predicated solely upon the fact that he was discharged from a court-ordered sex-offender counseling program after he refused to admit that he committed the crime for which he was convicted. Because admitting his guilt would have subjected Venable to potential criminal liability for perjury, he contends that the court could not impose a penalty upon the…