Owens v. State

The appellant challenges the revocation of his probation and the sentence imposed as a result. Because it is not clear that the trial court retained jurisdiction to revoke the appellant’s probation imposed for his misdemeanor conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The appellant pled no contest to possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, and possession of drug' paraphernalia and was sentenced to three years’ probation for possession of cocaine and one year of probation for possession of drug paraphernalia. He subsequently admitted…