Terry P. Powell v. State

Terry Paul Powell appeals from a sentence imposed after he was convicted following a jury trial of three offenses: assault (Count I), resisting an officer with violence (Count II), and battery on a law enforcement officer (Count III). He raises two issues on appeal: first, that the trial court improperly imposed drug offender probation on Count III, as there was insufficient evidence that Powell qualified as a “chronic substance abuser” under section 948.20, Florida Statutes (2015); and second, that his sentence on Count II contains a scrivener’s error. We affirm his judgment and sentence,…