State v. McKnight

Greene, J.:

William E. McKnight, Jr., appeals the district court’s order granting the State’s motion to correct an illegal sen tence, arguing the court was without jurisdiction to correct the ehmination of postrelease supervision ordered in connection with probation revocation. Concluding that the district court’s attempted modification at probation revocation as to postrelease supervision created an illegal sentence, we affirm the district court.

On January 14, 2005, McKnight entered a no contest plea to possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, a severity level 3 drug felony. The…