WPCS # VUNa % 0(bw@4- A 0JP 0T 0^ 0hL 0r 0|& 0 0( 1u 0d- U> U* B) DC" AMe Bv~vh D3; 0@n AO 0D D/ B6HP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLh(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($- - VDWUXYEZ[\U]V^ӀjU "|xj2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(&Times New Roman<  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d!!!!7Border 1dd-"C << G  !  #d#       YYY FILED X September2,1997CecilCrowson,Jr. AppellateCourtClerk  dPtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva %%%%'dxd("$    -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   2  ' dxdP Pd ! .   `       \RA'\ \RA'\7XXdd7      R#$"A1-j|`  `@Rߛ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEEATNASHVILLE̜JULY1997SESSION̛  STATEOFTENNESSEE, ) C.C.A.NO.01C019608CC00373     )  Appellant,   )     )     ) WILLIAMSONCOUNTYVS.     )      ) HON.DONALDP.HARRIS JODYL.HAGER,    ) JUDGE      )  Appellee.   ) (Sentencing)    ORDER     AppellantJodyL.HagerpleadedguiltyintheWilliamsonCircuitCourttotheftofpropertyvaluedunderfivehundreddollarsandfailuretoappear.Hereceivedconsecutivesentencesofelevenmonthsandtwentyninedaysforeachoffense.Thetrialcourtsuspendedthesentenceandorderedimmediateprobation.Inthisdirectappeal,theStatepresentsthefollowingissueforreview:whetherthetrialcourterredinorderingimmediateprobation. Afterreviewoftherecord,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourtpursuanttoCourtofCriminalAppealsRule20. Thelawinthisareaiswellsettled.Inmisdemeanorsentencing,thetrialcourthastheauthoritytoplacethedefendantonimmediateprobation.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035302(e);seealsoStatev.Boyd,925S.W.2d237,244(Tenn.Crim.App.1995).Moreover,thegrantingofsuchasuspendedsentencerestswithinthesounddiscretionofthetrialcourt.Statev.Leach,914S.W.2d104,106(Tenn.Crim.App.1995);Statev.Mitchell,810S.W.2d733,735(Tenn.Crim.App.1991). Whilethereisevidenceintherecordwhichwouldjustifyadenialofimmediateprobation,thereisalsoampleevidencesupportingthetrialcourtsdecision.Atsentencing,Appellanttestifiedthatheisnolongeraddictedtothedrugsfromwhichhiscriminalactivitystemmed,thatheplaysanactiveroleinthelifeofhiselevenyearoldsonandinhislocalchurchandyouthministry,andthatheisgainfullyemployedbothbyhisfathershousebuildingbusinessandbyacardealership,enablinghimtomakeregularchildsupportpayments.Appellantfurthertestifiedthatheisremorsefulforhiscriminalconductandthathewillcomplywithallconditionsofhisprobation.Therecordalsodemonstratesthat,priortohisarrestfortheseoffenses,Appellantconfessedhiscrimestothevictimandgaveavoluntarystatementtolawenforcementauthorities.Mindfuloftheforegoing,wefindthatthetrialcourtdidnotabuseitsdiscretioninorderingimmediateprobation. Accordingly,weaffirmthetrialcourtsjudgmentpursuanttoCourtofCriminalAppealsRule20.          ____________________________________     JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGE̜CONCUR:______________________________JOHNH.PEAY,JUDGE______________________________WILLIAMM.BARKER̛