Court Opinion

ID: 9761685
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Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:50:28.555314+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:25.447156
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ROBERTS, Judge
(concurring).
Although I agree substantially with the opinion of my brother Onion, I feel it necessary to add several words about the problem mentioned in footnote 2 of that opinion.
The record clearly reflects that the amended motion to revoke was filed after the filing of appellant’s brief but before a new trial was granted by the trial court. As noted by Presiding Judge Onion, the amended motion to revoke was never refiled, yet the trial court proceeded to revoke the appellant’s probation based on the amended motion.
Due process requirements apply to probation revocation proceedings. Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778, 93 S.Ct. 1756, 36 L.Ed.2d 656 (1973); Campbell v. State, 456 S.W.2d 918, 921 (Tex.Cr.App.1970). And while the rules applicable to indictments and the degree of particularity required do not fully apply to motions to revoke probation, the fundamental standards of due process regarding fair notice must be satisfied. Graham v. State, 502 S.W.2d 809, 811 (Tex.Cr.App.1973).
I would hold that the original revocation motion was inadequate to give the appellant fair notice. Graham v. State, supra. I would also hold that any revocation based on the amended motion was void — not only because it was filed after the conclusion of the probationary term, but also because it was of no legal effect after the granting of a new trial. The amended motion could not be deemed to have been “automatically” re-filed by the court’s granting appellant a new trial.
I would reverse the judgment and order that the prosecution be dismissed.