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Thedefendantarguesthetrialcourterredinrequiringhimtobeconfinedfor120days.The  judgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.   Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed.  X Riley# Xz#XzX. ,J.deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhich_Tipton_,J.andGlenn,J.joined. $t ClaudiaS.Jack,DistrictPublicDefender;andRobertH._Stovall_,Jr.,AssistantDistrictPublic @ Defender,Columbia,Tennessee,fortheappellant,James_Malcom_ԀDavis. & PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;JenniferL._Bledsoe_Ԁ,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;  T.MichaelBottoms,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;J.Douglas_Dicus_,AssistantDistrictAttorney  General,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. n @55' OPINION # XXz#XzX Ԉ :   # XXz #XzX # XXz #XzX   Thedefendantdrovehiscaroveranembankment.Approximatelytwohourslater,his "<# vehiclewasdiscoveredandemergencypersonnelweredispatchedtothescene.TennesseeHighway #"$ PatrolmanThomas_Kilpatrick_Ԁtestifiedthatheobservednumerousbeerbottlesatthescene,butwas $ % unabletoconductafieldsobrietytestbecauseemergencypersonnelwerealreadypreparingto % & transportthedefendanttothehospital.However,Trooper_Kilpatrick_Ԁfollowedtheambulancetothe &!' hospitalandobtainedthedefendant'spermissiontotakebloodandurinesamples.Thelabreport j'"( fromtheTennesseeBureauofInvestigationrevealedthedefendant'sbloodalcoholcontentwas P(#) .08%,andtheurinalysisindicatedthepresenceoffivedifferentdrugsinthedefendant'ssystem, 6)$* includingmarijuana. *l%+   Thedefendantwasindictedfordrivingundertheinfluencefirstoffenseandrecklessdriving. +8'- Heenteredanopenpleaofguiltytodrivingundertheinfluenceandwassentencedto11monthsand ,(. 29dayswith120daystobeservedinconfinementandtheremaindertobeservedonsupervised -)/ _probation.    Atthesentencinghearing,thedefendantclaimedanotherpersonbythenameofJames | MalcomDaviscommittedsomeofthetrafficoffensesonhisrecord.Furthermore,thedefendant b assertedthedrugsinhissystemwereprescriptiondrugsforbackpainandclaimedhehadsmoked H themarijuanaafewweekspriortotheaccident. . ~   Insettingthedefendant'ssentence,thetrialcourtfoundthedefendanthadanextensiverecord  J ofdrivingoffensesspanningeightstates,includingtwopriorconvictionsfordrivingunderthe  0 influenceandtwoconvictionsfordrivingonarevokedlicense.Furthermore,thetrialcourtfound    thedefendantwasnotcredibleandthathepreviouslyfailedtoappearfortrialinthismatter.The    trialcourtdeterminedthesentencewasnecessarytoavoiddepreciatingtheseriousnessofthe   offense. x     `     h      p        STANDARDOFREVIEW `    XzXXXz  ThisCourtsreviewofthesentenceimposedbythetrialcourtisdenovowithapresumption , ofcorrectness.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035401(d).Thispresumptionisconditioneduponan  affirmativeshowingintherecordthatthetrialjudgeconsideredthesentencingprinciplesandall  relevantfactsandcircumstances.Statev.Ashby,823S.W.2d166,169(Tenn.1991).Theburden  isupontheappealingpartytoshowthatthesentenceisimproper.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035401(d) t SentencingCommissionComments.#XzXXXz# Z      ANALYSIS  \      Thedefendantdoesnotchallengethelengthofhissentence.However,heclaimsthetrial ( courtinappropriatelysentencedhimto120daysofconfinementandrequeststhatthiscourtreduce  hisconfinementto45days.   XUhXXXz  #XzXX XUh$#XzXXXzInmisdemeanorsentencing,aseparatesentencinghearingisnotmandatorybutthetrialcourt p!  isrequiredtoprovidethedefendantwithareasonableopportunitytobeheardastothelengthand V"! mannerofthesentence.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035302(a).Misdemeanorsentencingiscontrolled <#" byTenn.CodeAnn.4035302,whichprovidesinpartthatthetrialcourtshallimposeaspecific "$r# sentenceconsistentwiththepurposesandprinciplesofthe1989CriminalSentencingReformAct. %X $ Statev.Palmer,902S.W.2d391,394(Tenn.1995). %>!%   Misdemeanorsentencingisdesignedtoprovidethetrialcourtwithcontinuingjurisdiction. ' #' Statev.Baker,966S.W.2d429,434(Tenn.Crim.App.1997).Furthermore,thetrialcourthasmore (#( flexibilityinmisdemeanorsentencingthaninfelonysentencing.Statev.Troutman,979S.W.2d )$) 271,273#XzXXXzs#XzXXXz(Tenn.1998). l*%* #XzXXXz# XzXXXz  Intheinstantcase,thetrialcourtfoundthedefendanthadanextensivehistoryofconvictions 8,', fordrivingoffenses,includingtwopriorconvictionsfordrivingundertheinfluenceandtwo  convictionsfordrivingonarevokedlicense.Thepriorrecordofthedefendantjustifiedtherequired  120daysofconfinement. |   #XzXXXzI#XzXXXz     CONCLUSION  d i!   Wefindthetrialcourtappropriatelyappliedtheprinciplesofsentencingtoarriveataproper  0 sentence.Thus,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.#XzXXXz5!#