MATHIAS, Judge.
Brian Moore ("Moore") pleaded guilty in Shelby Superior Court to Class C felony trafficking with an inmate and was sentenced to four years with two years to be served in the Indiana Department of Correction and two years suspended. The State subsequently filed a petition to revoke Moore's probation. The trial court found by a preponderance of the evidence that Moore violated the terms of his probation and ordered that the suspended sentence be executed. Moore appeals and argues that there was insufficient evidence for the trial court to revoke his probation and that Indiana's probation statutes are too vague or ambiguous to provide adequate notice to Moore of his required conduct.
We affirm.
On April 7, 2010, Moore pleaded guilty to Class C felony trafficking with an inmate. On May 5, 2010, Moore was sentenced to four years, with two years to be served in the Indiana Department of Correction and two years suspended. Appellant's Appendix p. 31. Moore was placed on probation for two years. During the sentencing hearing, the trial court informed Moore of the terms of his probation. The first term was that Moore was ordered not to commit another crime. Sentencing Tr. p. 25.
On March 2, 2012, the State filed a petition to revoke probation alleging that Moore's whereabouts were unknown. Moore appeared at the March 14, 2012 revocation hearing, and testified that he had never been released from incarceration. He was currently being held in Shelby County for new charges, and "caught a new case" while he was incarcerated. Probation Tr. p. 4. The petition was dismissed.
On September 17, 2012, the State filed a second petition to revoke probation alleging that Moore had been charged with Class A felony dealing in cocaine "on or about the 4
The trial court's decision to revoke probation is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.
Moore argues that there was insufficient evidence for the trial court to revoke his probation. When the sufficiency of evidence is challenged, we will neither "reweigh the evidence nor reassess witness credibility."
On February 4, 2012, while on probation for his trafficking offense, Moore committed another crime by dealing cocaine. He pleaded guilty to this offense. Therefore, there is sufficient evidence that Moore violated the terms of his probation. As previously noted, a "violation of a single condition of probation is sufficient to permit a trial court to revoke probation."
Moore argues that because he did not receive a written copy of the terms, he did not receive sufficient notice of the terms of his probation. In
Given that the trial court directly told Moore that commission of another crime would violate his probation, and given that Moore had been placed on probation several times in the past, Moore had sufficient notice that commission of a crime was a probation violation. Under these facts and circumstances, the trial court's revocation of Moore's probation is supported by sufficient evidence.
Moore argues that Indiana Code Sections 35-38-2-3(a), 35-38-2-2.3, and 35-38-2-1 are too vague or ambiguous to provide adequate notice to Moore of his required conduct. "A criminal statute may be invalidated for vagueness for either of two independent reasons: (1) for failing to provide notice enabling ordinary people to understand the conduct that it prohibits, and (2) for the possibility that it authorizes or encourages arbitrary or discriminatory enforcement."
Indiana Code Section 35-38-2-3(a) dictates when a trial court may revoke probation:
While Indiana Code Section 35-38-2-1
Moore further argues that the statutes are vague because they do not provide a definition of "probationary period." Appellant's Br. p. 7. This court has defined the "probationary period" as "that period of time beginning immediately after sentencing and ending at the conclusion of the `probationary phases' of the defendant's sentence. Here, the petition was filed after sentencing but before the conclusion of the `probationary phase.'"
For all of these reasons, we affirm the revocation of Moore's probation.
Affirmed.
NAJAM, J., and BROWN, J., concur.