Sands v. State

Defendant, Ronald Sands, appeals a sentence to five years in the state penitentiary imposed by the trial judge after a probation revocation hearing.

Sands alleges that it was error to revoke probation and impose such sentence since the trial judge originally placed him on five years probation with the condition that he “must start drug program, if available, in county jail. Must be enrolled in drug program by probation office after one (1) year served in county jail,” which Sands claims is illegal.

We acknowledge that a sentence imposing one year in county jail as a condition of probation is…