Edwards v. State

WELCH, Judge.

Scotty Edwards, Jr., appeals the circuit court’s order revolting his probation. The record indicates that in 1999 Edwards pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. On September 28, 1999, he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. However, the circuit court suspended the sentence and, pursuant to the Split Sentence Act, ordered Edwards to serve 1 year’s imprisonment, followed by 14 years of supervised probation.

On January 8, 2008, Edwards’s probation officer filed a delinquency report charging Edwards with violating the conditions of his…