Fletcher v. State

In 1987 the defendant, Anthony D. Fletcher, was convicted of burglary of a dwelling,1 a second degree felony, and sentenced and committed to the Department of Corrections for a term of 15 years with credit for three days jail time and with the provision that after serving three years of said term, the defendant was to be on probation for the remaining 12 years of the 15 year sentence. This is a true split sentence2 as distinguished from a probationary split sentence.3 The defendant was not “sentenced to three years in prison followed by 15 years probation” which is the description of a…