State v. Calvert

This case requires us to decide if the State’s failure to make a specific objection to the trial court’s decision to withhold adjudication without written findings waives the State’s challenge. Because the State failed to preserve the issue it now raises for appellate review, we affirm.

On March 17, 2008, Tabias Calvert entered an open plea to the second degree felony of delivery of cocaine. The State recommended “an adjudication and eighteen months prison.” After finding that Calvert had no prior criminal history 1, the trial court withheld adjudication. After this decision, the following…