Coleman v. State

DANIEL, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Ernest Nelson Coleman, appeals the sentence imposed after he was adjudicated guilty of violating a condition of his community control. The trial court sentenced defendant to 15 years incarcera*1239tion under the condition that he serve 2 years incarceration followed by 13 years probation. The defendant argues that, although couched as a condition of probation, the house arrest provision transforms the order of probation into an unlawful defac-to sentence of community control. We agree.

In September of 1988, defendant entered a plea of no contest to one count of…