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Turner v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Oct 13, 1987
516 So. 2d 934 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987)

Opinion

6 Div. 308.

August 18, 1987. On Return to Remand and Rehearing Denied October 13, 1987.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Joseph J. Jasper, J.

Clifton S. Price II, Birmingham, for appellant.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and P. David Bjurberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


James Nelson Turner pleaded guilty to and was convicted of third degree burglary and receiving stolen property in the first degree. His concurrent sentences of five years' imprisonment were split so that he would serve one year in prison and four years on probation.

During his first nine months in prison, Turner received three disciplinaries and had eleven fights with other inmates. The trial judge revoked Turner's probation because Turner "mess[ed] up on a split sentence" before Turner had finished serving his one year in prison.

I

Probation can be revoked for the violation of a condition of that probation committed by the probationer while incarcerated and before the probationary period of his sentence begins. Wilcox v. State, 395 So.2d 1054, 1056 (Ala. 1981); Touch v. State, 399 So.2d 934, 935 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981).

II

The judge's order of revocation does not contain a written statement of the evidence relied on and the reasons for revoking probation as required by Armstrong v. State, 294 Ala. 100, 103, 312 So.2d 620 (1975). Therefore, this cause is remanded to the circuit court so that the requirements of Armstrong, supra, can be satisfied. On appeal, the Attorney General admits the necessity for this action.

REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.

All Judges concur.

ON RETURN TO REMAND


On remand, the circuit court rewrote its order revoking Turner's probation. That order satisfies the due process requirements of Armstrong, supra.

Turner's application for rehearing is overruled and the judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.

APPLICATION FOR REHEARING OVERRULED; JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.

All Judges concur.


Summaries of

Turner v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Oct 13, 1987
516 So. 2d 934 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987)
Case details for

Turner v. State

Case Details

Full title:James Nelson TURNER v. STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Oct 13, 1987

Citations

516 So. 2d 934 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987)

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