UNITED STATES v. CARTWRIGHT

No. 81-2059.

696 F.2d 344 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Harris CARTWRIGHT, a/k/a William J. Cartwright, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Davis, Texarkana, Ark. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

John M. Potter, James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, WISDOM and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to decide whether it is lawful for a court to revoke an individual's probation before it actually begins without giving him written notice of the charges which serve as the basis for revocation. Our decision is that it is not, so we must, therefore, reverse the judgment of the district court.

I.

Robert Harris Cartwright was convicted by a jury of several counts of unlawful activities in his dealings...

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