White v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Convicted of various theft-related offenses in 1987, Michael White appeals the court’s 2004 order revoking his probation, arguing that his probation had terminated in 2000 when the Board of Pardons and Paroles issued an order removing all disabilities arising out of White’s 1987 convictions and sentences. Considering the broad language used in the Board’s order and the Board’s constitutional power of executive clemency, we agree with White and reverse.

Here the key issue is the legal effect of an order issued by the Board on White’s sentences. We review questions of…