Becker v. the State

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

In February 2013, Richard Becker was found guilty of possession of methamphetamine 1 and obstruction of an officer, and the trial court sentenced him as a recidivist to fifteen years, with the first seven years to be served in confinement and the remaining years to be served on probation. 2 Becker challenges the sentence imposed for the possession of methamphetamine charge. Because, as the state points out in its appeal brief, the record reflects that the trial court erroneously believed that it had no discretion in sentencing Becker to the maximum period of time…