Opinion
CR-23-296
02-14-2024
TONY STEVENS APPELLANT v. STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE
APPEAL FROM THE CRAIGHEAD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT [NO. 16JCR-16-967] HONORABLE CHRIS THYER, JUDGE
MIKE MURPHY, JUDGE
Tony Stevens appeals from the order of the Craighead County Circuit Court revoking his suspended imposition of sentence (SIS). We affirm the revocation. This is a companion case to two other cases, also handed down today.
In 2017, Stevens pleaded guilty to possession of less than two grams of methamphetamine, a Class D felony, and being a habitual offender. For this plea, Stevens received eighteen months in the Arkansas Division of Correction and five years' SIS.
In April 2022, the State filed a petition for revocation followed by two supplemental petitions alleging that Stevens had violated the conditions of his SIS by committing the new offenses of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and failure to register as a sex offender. The petitions filed in this case also alleged that Stevens had violated his SIS in two other cases, and a joint revocation hearing was held for all three cases; thus, the evidence and the circuit court's decision was the same in all three cases. On appeal, Stevens has filed identical briefs in all three cases. For the reasons stated in Stevens v. State, 2024 Ark.App. 95, we affirm the revocation in this case.
Affirmed.
KLAPPENBACH and BARRETT, JJ., agree.