Thompson v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Ronald Wade Thompson appeals the denial of his motion to dismiss a probation warrant, contending that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to issue the warrant because his sentence was completed. Because the language of Thompson’s sentence is ambiguous and we are required to construe any ambiguities in the sentence to the *199defendant’s benefit, we reverse.

On December 19, 1991, Thompson pled guilty to one count of forgery in the second degree and was sentenced to five years probation consecutive to a sentence imposed in a prior conviction. In addition, the trial court…