Cross v. State

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

liAppellant Tracy Ann Cross appeals from an order of the Lawrence County Circuit Court revoking her probation and sentencing her to ten years’ imprisonment for various drug-related offenses. She asserts that the circuit judge imposed an illegal sentence on her because she was not lawfully on probation at the time of her sentencing. We agree with Cross that the circuit judge imposed an illegal sentence, and we reverse the judgment of conviction and dismiss.

On September 22, 2005, Cross entered a negotiated plea of guilty on five counts of drug-related offenses in the…