State v. Cowan

OPINION

in which WADE, P.J. and OGLE, J. joined.

Defendant, Morley D. Cowan, appeals the trial court’s denial of his request for community corrections following his nolo contendere plea to aggravated sexual battery. Finding that one convicted of aggravated sexual battery is statutorily ineligible for community corrections, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Although charged with two counts of child rape, defendant entered a nolo con-tendere plea to one count of aggravated sexual battery. Pursuant to the plea agreement, he received a sentence of eight years. His request for community…