State v. Archer

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

The defendant, Bobby Archer, was indicted on three separate charges of selling a drug proscribed by T.C.A. § 52-1432(a)(1)(B). After pleading guilty to these three charges, he was placed on probation. Subsequently, it was brought to the attention of the trial court that it had no authority to grant probation to a defendant who had been found guilty of two or more violations of T.C.A. § 52-1432(a)(1)(B). The court then ordered the defendant returned to custody.1

The defendant first contends that the trial court was without authority to revoke its earlier order granting…