Wilcox v. State

We granted the State's petition for certiorari on grounds that this is a case of "first impression."

Appellant Eddie Dean Wilcox pled guilty to a felony charge in Lauderdale County, Alabama, on October 9, 1978. On October 27, 1978, he was given a five-year "split" sentence: one year to be served in the Lauderdale County jail, followed by four years in the state penal institution; the four-year portion to be suspended, conditioned on his serving a probationary period of five years.

During his year-long tenure in the county jail, Wilcox attended two drug rehabilitation centers, one in Mobile and…