Phillips v. State

BASCHAB, Presiding Judge.

On February 21, 2001, the appellant, Billy Joe Phillips, Jr., pled guilty to attempted unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. The trial court sentenced him to serve a term of eighteen years in prison, but split the sentence and ordered him to serve four years followed by fourteen years on supervised probation. On August 13, 2007, the appellant’s probation officer filed an “Officer’s Report on Delinquent Probationer.” After conducting a revocation hearing, the circuit court revoked his probation. This appeal followed.

The appellant argues that the circuit…