Chan Le Is a Probation Officer Who Is Employed by the State

question 52

Multiple Choice

Chan Le is a probation officer who is employed by the state.  Chan Le has an extremely large caseload and often gets overwhelmed by the requirements of his job.  In the middle of the night, Chan Le is called to respond to one of his new clients who has been caught shoplifting a small amount of merchandise from a local department store.  Two days prior, this client failed a drug test.
If Chan Le tries to have his client's probation revoked, the client will first need to have a(n)

• A)preliminary hearing.
• B)disposition.
• C)adjudication.
• D)finding of fact hearing.

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