Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama March 29, 1983, 8 Div. 746 (Rice v. State)

Appellant was convicted of child molestation and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. On November 17, 1978, this sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for four years. Appellant was arrested on May 12, 1982, on a probation violator's warrant issued January 21, 1982. A probation hearing was held on two separate occasions.