State v. Blakney
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to simple assault and aggravated assault. For aggravated assault, Defendant was sentenced to a thirteen-year penitentiary sentence, suspended on certain conditions. One of the conditions was that Defendant consent to any treatment plan deemed necessary by his Court Services Officer (CSO). Defendant’s CSO told Defendant that he must undergo a sex offender evaluation. The circuit court later revoked Defendant’s suspended sentence for failure to obtain a sex offender evaluation. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the circuit court erred when it unlawfully delegated its judicial authority to a CSO to create and impose a condition of probation for a sex offender evaluation and treatment. Accordingly, the court erred when it revoked Defendant’s suspended sentence. Remanded.
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