Hull v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “This is not a case in which appellant, Danny Edward Hull, violated the terms and conditions of his probation and the trial court surprised appellant by suddenly springing a zero tolerance policy, saying “Gotcha!” The Panel Opinion’s rendition of the trial court’s remarks before revoking appellant’s probation clearly shows that the trial court had admonished appellant at the time probation was assessed that any violation of even a single condition of his probation would result in revocation. Indeed, when appellant took the stand at the revocation hearing, the third question from his attorney was, “At the time that you were granted probation, you were aware that the Judge had placed you on what’s called a zero tolerance probation?” Appellant answered that he knew that. The next question elicited that appellant knew what zero tolerance probation meant. Later, appellant’s counsel repeated inquiries demonstrating that appellant understood what kind of probation the trial court had given him, and appellant acknowledged that he had taken the trial court seriously. Finally, appellant was asked what he wanted the trial court to do, and he said, “To take off zero tolerance and give me a chance.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Hull v. State