Richie v. State

ELANA CUNNINGHAM WILLS, Justice.

|,The court of appeals certified this appeal to our court in order to consider whether a circuit court may place “conditions of incarceration” upon a criminal defendant’s conviction. We conclude that the circuit court in this case lacked the authority to impose conditions upon a sentence of incarceration, and we reverse with directions to strike the conditions and for entry of a new judgment and commitment order.

Appellant Jeremy Richie was originally charged on January 26, 2004, with one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of drug…