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PEOPLE v. HERNANDEZ

PER CURIAM.

September 21, 1967, after a probation violation hearing, defendant's probation was revoked and he was sentenced to prison. Defendant was not represented by counsel at the revocation hearing; he was not advised of his right to counsel; nor was it determined whether or not defendant desired counsel. On September 21, 1967, the law did not require that defendant be represented by counsel at a probation violation hearing nor that he be advised of his right to counsel. On the basis of Mempa v. Rhay (1967), 389 U.S. 128 ( 88 S Ct 254, 19 L Ed 2d 336), defendant appeals and attacks the validity of the probation revocation and sentence.

Mempa, supra, was decided November 13, 1967, and it established that counsel must be afforded at a revocation-of-probation hearing that includes sentencing. McConnell v. Rhay (1968) 393 U.S. 2 ( 89 S Ct 32, 21 L Ed 2d 2), decided October 14, 1968, made the Mempa doctrine retroactive.

Defendant's sentence is vacated and the cause is remanded to the trial court for a probation violation hearing with counsel present, unless defendant intelligently waives counsel for such hearing.

T.G. KAVANAGH, P.J., and QUINN and MILLER, JJ., concurred.

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PEOPLE v. HERNANDEZ
(Dec 19, 1968)