Already have an account? Sign in instead.
You stay signed in for 30 days on this browser.
Continue with Google Continue with MicrosoftNo account yet? Create a free one.
We sent a six-digit code.
It expires in ten minutes, works once, and only in this browser. Five wrong tries void it. Send another code.
Your account is live and the Cloudflare checks are off for this browser.
13 Texas opinions name it 1 courts 2003–2025 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Chacon v. Stategreen2 sentences2025“It is sufficient that the State allege a violation of the law and give the probationer fair notice.” Id. (citing Chacon, 558 S.W.2d at 876 ). 2020“It is sufficient that the State allege a violation of the law and give the probationer fair notice.” Id. (citing Chacon, 558 S.W.2d at 876 ). | 8 | 13 |
Pierce v. Stategreen2 sentences2010Pierce v. State, 113 S.W.3d 431, 436 (Tex.App.—Texarkana 2003), citing Chacon v. State, 558 S.W.2d 874, 876 (Tex.Crim.App. 1977). 2009B Fort Worth 1995, no writ).  An application to revoke need not meet the specificity requirements of an indictment or information; it is sufficient that the State allege a violation of the law and give the probationer fair notice.  Pierce v. State, 113 S.W.3d 431, 436 (Tex.App.—Texarkana 2003), citing Chacon v. State, 558 S.W.2d 874, 876 (Tex.Crim.App. 1977).  See also Poteet v. State, No. 07-06-0238-CR, 2008 WL 2579675 , *2 (Tex.App. | 8 | 8 |
Bradley v. Stategreen2 sentences2025“It is sufficient that the State allege a violation of the law and give the probationer fair notice.” Id. (citing Chacon, 558 S.W.2d at 876 ). 2020Here, the State alleged that Ware violated the term and condition of her community supervision requiring her to refrain from committing an “offense against the law of this State” and that she, “on or about the 1st day of June, 2019, in Panola County, Texas, did then and there intentionally operate a motor vehicle while under the influence.” “Where, as here, the State alleges a violation of the condition that a probationer refrain from committing an offense against the law, the State need not use the same precise terms as necessary in an indictment allegation.” Id. (citing Bradley v. State, 608 | 1 | 2 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Tamez v. State
green
2 sentences2020While “[a] person on community supervision is entitled to a written application to revoke that fully informs him or her of the term of probation he or she is alleged to have breached, . . . [i]t is sufficient that the State allege a violation of the law and give the probationer fair notice.” Id. (citing Chacon, 558 S.W.2d at 876 ). 2020“It is sufficient that the State allege a violation of the law and give the probationer fair notice.” Id. (citing Chacon, 558 S.W.2d at 876 ). | 2 | 2020–2020 |
Moore v. State
green
1 sentence2025The reason for this is that at a revocation hearing, “guilt or innocence is not at issue, and the trial court need not determine the defendant’s . . . criminal culpability, only whether [he] broke the contract made with the trial court to receive a probated sentence.” Id. (citing Moore, 11 S.W.3d at 499 ). | 1 | 2025–2025 |