Scott v. State

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

The appellant, Verlena Scott, maintains that the trial court erred in refusing to hear her petition for probation. The appellant pled guilty to five offenses of selling heroin and received a penitentiary sentence of not less than five years nor more than ten years for each offense, the sentences to be served concurrently. We find that the trial court correctly interpreted Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-2901 (Supp.1976) as depriving it of jurisdiction to entertain the appellant’s petition.

The appellant’s five convictions for selling heroin were predicated upon her violation of…