Johnson v. Boyington

Sears, Justice.

This appeal arises from the grant of habeas corpus relief to appellee Aldean Boyington with regard to the 1997 revocation of his probation. We conclude that the habeas court incorrectly concluded that Boyington’s probation revocation was not sufficiently supported by a written statement evidencing the reasons relied upon in revoking probation. Therefore, we reverse.

When Boyington was convicted of burglary in 1985, he was granted first offender status and received a ten year probated sentence. After two probation revocation proceedings, in which Boyington’s first offender status…