Opinion ID: 2396508
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Heading: Revocation on lesser included offense

Text: Davis contends the Trial Court erred by revoking probation on the lesser included offense of sexual abuse in the first degree after the State originally notified him in the petition that rape would be the basis for the revocation. He relies on Ark.Code Ann. § 5-4-310(b)(3) (1987) which states the defendant shall be given prior notice of the time and place of the revocation hearing, the purpose of the hearing, and the condition of suspension or probation he is alleged to have violated. In the petition, the State specified the condition Davis was alleged to have violated, namely committing an offense punishable by imprisonment. We have upheld revocations based on lesser included offenses. In Selph v. State, 264 Ark. 197, 570 S.W.2d 256 (1978), the appellant was charged with committing burglary in violation of a condition of his suspended sentence. The Court recognized the evidence at the hearing was insufficient to show entry into a building. It was sufficient, however, to show the lesser included offense of breaking or entering which itself constituted a violation of the terms of the suspended sentence. See also Felix v. State, 20 Ark.App. 44, 723 S.W.2d 839 (1987).