WPC # VUNa % 0(4 0 b  w  0J 0T 0^F 0h 0r 0|~ 0 0 1u U, 0d U, BAU>^U*B)DC D32 AMe, 0@v~v AOo 0D D/ BHP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS 600dpiPSCRIPT0 (9 Z 6Times New Roman RegularX(${s @ d3|x(8(2R$ !  4   0  - -Ӏ2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)<  9p`(ModernP 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(Monaco d<  9p`(&Times New Roman<  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d((((7Border 1dd%%%%'dxd-)C << G " !  #d#&  ''   YYY FILED'X June28,1996CecilCrowson,Jr.'AppellateCourtClerk ("$    PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'`Styl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Monaco   BA Op Monaco  BA Op Monaco -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! . &$$Xd&#$$Xd#&  4     \RA'\'ԛ 7xXXdd7  ќ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  ӜL+,);+'h| `  `Lߛ  ATJACKSON    MAY1996SESSION     ` D ` cSTATEOFTENNESSEE, ) `  c  )C.C.A.No.02C019511CC00332 Appellant, )  )MadisonCountyV. )  )Hon.WhitLaFon,Judge   ) JOHNNYFREDBAYLES,  )(StateAppealSentencing)  ) Appellee. )` FORTHEAPPELLEE: FORTHEAPPELLANT:JohnE.Herbison CharlesW.Burson2016EighthAvenueSouth AttorneyGeneral&ReporterNashville,TN37204̀(OnAppeal) EllenH.Pollack AssistantAttorneyGeneralGeorgeMortonGooge CriminalJusticeDivisionDistrictPublicDefender 450JamesRobertsonParkway Nashville,TN372430493StephenP.SpracherAsst.PublicDefender JerryWoodall227W.Baltimore DistrictAttorneyGeneralJackson,TN38301̀(AtTrial) JamesW.Thompson Asst.Dist.AttorneyGeneral P.O.Box2825 Jackson,TN38302OPINIONFILED:___________________ REMANDEDFORNEWSENTENCINGHEARING PAULG.SUMMERS, Judge@ OPINION    ` X Theappellee,JohnnyFredBayles,pledguiltytoaggravatedsexualbatteryin1991.AsaRangeIoffender,hewassentencedtotwelveyearsintheDepartmentofCorrection.Hewasorderedtoservethefirstelevenmonthsandtwentyninedaysintheworkhousewiththebalancetobeservedincommunitycorrections.InNovember1993,theappelleewastransferredfromcommunitycorrectionstotheDepartmentofCorrectionAdultProbationtoservetheremainderofhissentence.Oneconditionofprobationwasthattheappelleehavenocontactwiththevictim. InJune1995,aprobationviolationwarrantchargedtheappelleewithviolationofthe nocontactcondition.Followingarevocationhearing,thetrialcourtrevokedtheappelleesprobationandorderedhimtoservethetwelveyearsentence.TheappelleewastoserveeighteenmonthsintheDepartmentofCorrectionandtheremainderofhissentenceonprobation. Thestatebringsthisappealclaimingthatthetrialcourterredin favoringdefendantwiththislenientsentence.Thestatesargument,althoughwelltaken,isalittlemisdirected. TennesseeCodeAnnotatedSection4035303providesthat [a]defendantshallbeeligibleforprobation...ifthesentenceactuallyimposeduponsuchdefendantiseight(8)yearsorless;provided,thatadefendantshallnotbeeligibleforprobationundertheprovisionsofthischapterifheisconvictedofaviolationof...3913504.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035303(a)(1990).Theappelleepledguiltytoaggravatedsexualbatteryasproscribedin3913504.Thetrialjudgesactionswerenotauthorizedbystatuteandconstituteda  nillegalsentence.Thus,thestatesleniencyargumentmustgivewaytothethresholdfindingthatthesentencewasillegal. Theappelleearguesthatthetrialcourtsorderisnotappealableasofright.Becausethestatedidnotappealfromthesentenceoriginallyimposed,theappelleeinsiststhatthestateispreventedfromcontestingthegrantingofprobationatthisjuncture.Wedisagree. Tennesseelawgivesthecourtsauthoritytocorrectanillegalsentenceatanytime,evenifithasotherwisebecomefinal.Cheairsv.State,No.02C019304CC0070(Tenn.Crim.App.Oct.26,1994)citingStatev.Burkhart,566S.W.2d871,873(Tenn.1978). Becausetheimpositionofanillegalsentenceisanullity,weremandforanewsentencinghearing.Theappelleewillreceivecreditfortimealreadyserved.      򀀀      PAULG.SUMMERS,JudgeCONCUR:򀀀JOEB.JONES,PresidingJudge򀀀DAVIDG.HAYES,Judge