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  "name": "Robert G. COGBURN v. STATE of Arkansas",
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    "judges": [
      "Harris, C.J., and Holt and Howard, JJ."
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    "parties": [
      "Robert G. COGBURN v. STATE of Arkansas"
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      {
        "text": "George Rose Smith, Justice.\nThe appellant, Robert G. Cogburn, 21, pleaded guilty to six charges of delivery of a controlled substance. The circuit court imposed a 10-year sentence, but suspended the sentence on condition that Cogburn, in lieu of incarceration, work as a volunteer at the Arkansas Children\u2019s Colony at Conway for at least 80 hours a month for two years. Ark. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 41-1203 (Repl. 1977). After about 11 months the trial court revoked the suspension and directed that Cogburn serve three years, with the other seven being suspended. This appeal is from that order.\nThe statute provides that a suspension may be revoked if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant has \u201cinexcusably\u201d failed to comply with a condition of the suspension. \u00a7 41-1208 (4). In reviewing an order of revocation we affirm unless we find the court\u2019s order to be clearly against the preponderance of the evidence. Pearson v. State, 262 Ark. 513, 558 S.W. 2d 149 (1977). Here we so find.\nThe State\u2019s witnesses thought Cogburn\u2019s work at the Colony to be satisfactory except that he failed to work the required 80 hours a month. Immediately before the revocation Cogburn had worked 36 hours in April (with a doctor\u2019s excuse for another 28 hours), 75 hours in May, 63 hours in June, 75 1 /2 hours in July, and 57 1 /2 hours in August before the hearing on August 29. The trial judge, in reviewing his notes at the time of the revocation order in November, seems to have thought that the hours just enumerated were those that Cogburn had missed instead of those that he had worked. That misunderstanding may have led to the revocation.\nCogburn\u2019s fellow workers were complimentary about his work, thinking it to be better than that of some paid employees of the Colony. One described Cogburn as being extremely good with the kids, who were just crazy about him. Cogburn\u2019s work was hard physically, for he had to lift afflicted children from wheelchairs, feed them, bathe them, and minister to their needs in other ways.\nCogburn, to support his wife and child, worked from 50 to 60 hours a week for his regular employer. His wife had heart trouble and also broke her leg during the period in question. Cogburn missed some of his volunteer work because of her illness. He himself suffered from an injured ankle, from the flu, from a 24-hour virus, and from rhinosinusitis. Part of this testimony about his illnesses was corroborated by a letter from his doctor. A doctor also suggested that Cogburn should reduce the number of hours that he was working weekly. There is no suggestion that Cogburn committed any violation of law during the period of suspension.\nThe statute is explicit in permitting the revocation of a suspended sentence upon the court\u2019s finding that the defendant has inexcusably failed to comply with a condition of the suspension. Here we are convinced that Cogburn\u2019s failure to work the full 80 hours each month \u2014 the only violation with which he is charged \u2014 cannot fairly be said to have been inexcusable. We must therefore reverse the order of revocation and remand the cause with directions that the suspension be reinstated on such terms that Cogburn will work at the Colony for two full years. It is so ordered.\nWe agree.\nHarris, C.J., and Holt and Howard, JJ.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "George Rose Smith, Justice."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Guy H. Jones, Phil Stratton, Guy Jones, Jr., and Casey Jones, for appellant.",
      "Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by: James E. Smedley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Robert G. COGBURN v. STATE of Arkansas\nCR 78-37\n569 S.W. 2d 658\nOpinion delivered September 5, 1978\n(Division I)\nGuy H. Jones, Phil Stratton, Guy Jones, Jr., and Casey Jones, for appellant.\nBill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by: James E. Smedley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee."
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