People v. Tapia

Opinion

VOGEL (MIRIAM A.), J.

In July 1996, Carlos R. Tapia pled guilty to one count of robbery. A three-year state prison sentence was imposed and suspended, and “formal” probation was granted for a term of three years (which meant it would expire on July 10, 1999). Tapia was ordered to spend one year in jail, then to report to the probation department “within 24 hours of [his] release”; if he left the Country, he was not to re-enter illegally; if he did return, he was “to report to the probation officer within 24 hours of [his] return and present documentation that [he was] in the Country…