Trial court order revoking defendant’s probation and sentencing him to state prison is reversed where defendant did not violate his probation as the court mistakenly ordered him to appear for a probation violation hearing.   

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Appellate InformationVentura County, Super. Ct. Nos. 2005006623, 2007005712SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SIXFiled June 25, 2009

JudgesBefore GILBERT, P.J., YEGAN, J., PERREN, J.Opinion by GILBERT, P.J.

CounselFor Plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, James William Bilderback II, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, David Zarmi, Deputy Attorney General.

For Defendant: Wayne C. Tobin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal.

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