Jason D. Taylor v. State

Following the denial of Appellant’s motion to withdraw his open plea, the trial court adjudicated Appellant guilty on the sole count of dealing in stolen property, a second-degree felony, 1 and sentenced him to serve ten years in prison, to be followed by four years of drug offender probation. In this direct appeal, Appellant challenges his conviction and sentence. We reject Appellant’s various arguments for reversal of the conviction without further discussion.

However, we agree with Appellant, and the State has conceded, that the trial court erred by placing Appellant on drug offender…