Beckham v. State

The appellant, Kenny Laroy Beckham, appeals from the circuit court's revocation of his probation. The record indicates that on October 21, 1999, Beckham pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment; the sentence was subsequently suspended and Beckham was placed on supervised probation for five years.

On August 14, 2002, Beckham's probation officer filed a delinquency report, alleging that Beckham had violated the terms and conditions of his probation, namely, that he had been arrested and charged with a number of new offenses — distribution of crack…