Paul Sparks v. State of Indiana

OPINION

ROBB, Chief Judge.

Case Summary and Issue

Paul B. Sparks’s probation was revoked and he was ordered to serve the entirety of his previously-suspended sentence at the Department of Correction after he admitted to violating a condition of his probation. He now appeals, raising two issues, one of which we restate and find disposi-tive: whether the trial court violated Sparks’s due process rights in its handling of his probation revocation hearing. Concluding that Sparks’s due process rights were violated, we reverse and remand for a new probation revocation hearing.

Facts and Procedural…