Ashley v. State

OPINION

MATHIAS, Judge.

Tyvis Ashley ("Ashley") pled guilty to an amended charge of possession of cocaine as a Class C felony. In sentencing Ashley, the trial court concluded that Ashley's pri- or juvenile conviction in Georgia precluded it from suspending any portion of Ashley's sentence, and sentenced him to an executed three-year term in the Department of Correction. Ashley appeals raising two issues for our review which we restate as one: whether the trial court erred when it concluded that it had no authority to suspend any portion of Ashley's sentence pursuant to Indiana Code section…