STATE v. PETERSON

No. 44878.

221 N.W.2d 145 (1974)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Willis H. PETERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis H. Peterson, pro se.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Gary W. Flakne, County Atty., Theodore R. Rix, Vernon E. Bergstrom and Michael McGlennen, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant, who pleaded guilty to burglary, received a 5-year stay of imposition of sentence conditioned upon his serving the first of 5 years of probation in the workhouse, during which time he was to receive treatment. A short time later, defendant violated the terms of probation by escaping from a workhouse farm crew. After a hearing at which defendant explained why he acted as he did, the trial court ordered probation revoked and imposed a prison sentence...

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