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Hopper v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
May 31, 1972
497 P.2d 1107 (Okla. Crim. App. 1972)

Opinion

No. A-17441.

May 31, 1972.

An appeal from the District Court of Oklahoma County; Clarence Mills, Judge.

An appeal in which Verlyn Richard Hopper seeks reversal of the District Court's Order Revoking Suspended Sentences. The Order Revoking Suspended Sentence is hereby affirmed.

Don Anderson, Public Defender, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., for appellee.


Appellant, Verlyn Richard Hopper, hereinafter referred to as defendant, entered a plea of guilty in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, to the offense of Possession of Marijuana, on September 21, 1970 and received a four-year suspended sentence. Said suspension was ordered revoked on December 20, 1971, and from said Order of Revocation, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Evidence at the Revocation Hearing reflected that defendant failed to report to the Department of Corrections which was a court-imposed condition of defendant's probation. The evidence further reflects that at a prior Revocation Hearing the matter was taken under advisement for a period of ninety days to see whether or not the defendant had improved his attitude. Defendant failed to return to court as directed and was subsequently arrested approximately five months later by authority of a bench warrant. Defendant's attorney candidly admits that the evidence "would seem to warrant revocation in the court's discretion under the rule of Habeas Corpus of Collyar, O.Cr, 476 P[2] 354."

The Order Revoking Suspended Sentence is accordingly affirmed.


Summaries of

Hopper v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
May 31, 1972
497 P.2d 1107 (Okla. Crim. App. 1972)
Case details for

Hopper v. State

Case Details

Full title:VERLYN RICHARD HOPPER, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, APPELLEE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Date published: May 31, 1972

Citations

497 P.2d 1107 (Okla. Crim. App. 1972)
1972 OK CR 154