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PPPGGP` bXXbTR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7NXXdd7      Rr!*<,(j 8` `@Ef ` 8ttxP,`  rߛRINTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE `  ATNASHVILLEJANUARYSESSION,1999  STATEOFTENNESSEE,  )  C.C.A.NO.01C019802CC00072 `  `     h   ) `  ` Appellee,   h   ) X   `     h   ) `     h   )  FRANKLINCOUNTY X  VS. `     h   )   X   `     h   )  HON.THOMASW.GRAHAM  X   JOHNW.HILL,    h   )  JUDGE  X   `     h   )  X  ` Appellant.   h   )  (DirectAppealViolationofHabitual X  `     h   )  TrafficOffenderLaw) X      FORTHEAPPELLANT: h     FORTHEAPPELLEE: 8 FRANCISW.PRYOR h     QJOHNKNOXWALKUPQQPAULG.SUMMERSQ (! AssistantPublicDefender    AttorneyGeneralandReporter  " 12thJudicialDistrict200BetsyPackDrive h     CLINTONJ.MORGAN $ Jasper,TN37347 h     CounselfortheState %  `     h     425FifthAvenueNorth `     h     Nashville,TN372430493 `     h     J.MICHAELTAYLOR `     h     DistrictAttorneyGeneral `     h     STEVENBLOUNT `     h     AssistantDistrictAttorney `     h     1002WestMain `     h     Decherd,TN37324OPINIONFILED________________________REVERSEDANDREMANDEDJERRYL.SMITH,JUDGE  x6-.   ^ OPINION ^ `     ` OnJune26,1997,AppellantJohnW.Hillpleadedguiltytooperatingavehicleinviolationofthehabitualtrafficoffenderlaw,aClassEfelony.OnAugust22,1997,thetrialcourtimposedatwoyearsentence,withoneyeartobeserved daybydayintheFranklinCountyJailandoneyeartobeservedintheCommunityCorrectionsProgram.EG GGGEEE  #  1      ׀Appellantchallengeshissentence,raising ~  thefollowingissue:whetheratrialcourtcanimposealongerperiodofconfinementbyuseofasplitsentenceunderTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4035306(a)thanisallowedunderTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4035501(a)(3).Afterareviewoftherecord,wereverseandremandthiscaseforresentencing@II, FACTS  ~!  ` OnMay18,1996,OfficerCharlesKelleroftheDecherd,TennesseePoliceDepartmentstoppedAppellantfordrivingtwentythreemilesperhourinafiftyfivemileperhourzone.AppellantwasunabletoprovidetheofficerwithadriverslicensebecausehislicensewassuspendedafterhewasdeclaredtobeahabitualtrafficoffenderonJuly27,1995. 4+, @* ANALYSIS  `   ` AppellantcontendsthatthetrialcourterredwhenitsentencedhimtooneyearofconfinementfollowedbyoneyearintheCommunityCorrectionsProgrambecausethegeneralruleunderTennesseelawisthatafelonwhoreceivesasentenceoftwoyearsorlessmustbereleasedfromconfinementonhisorherreleaseeligibilitydate.GGGG  #  2      ׀Weagree.    ` InimposingaperiodofconfinementinthecountyjailfollowedbyoneyearintheCommunityCorrectionsProgram,thetrialcourtapparentlyreliedonTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4033306(a),whichstates:AA0 ` Adefendantreceivingprobationmayberequiredtoserveaportionofthesentenceincontinuousconfinementforuptoone(1)yearinthelocaljailorworkhouse,withprobationforaperiodoftimeuptoandincludingthestatutorymaximumtimefortheclassoftheconvictionoffense.B ` T$` T$ BAATenn.CodeAnn.4035306(a)(1997).GGG G  #  3      ׀ #8  ` Appellantarguesthatinhiscase,impositionofasentenceofoneyearofconfinementfollowedbyoneyearintheCommunityCorrectionsProgramisinconsistentwithTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4035501(a)(3),whichstates:CC0 ` Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw,inmateswithfelonysentencesoftwo(2)yearsorlessshallhavetheremainderoftheiroriginalsentence suspendeduponreachingtheirreleaseeligibilitydate.(1')` T$` T$ CCTenn.CodeAnn.4035501(a)(3)(Supp.1998).ForRangeIstandard offenders,thereleaseeligibilitydateoccursafterserviceofthirtypercentoftheactualsentenceimposed,lessanysentencingcreditsearnedandretained.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035501(c)(Supp.1998). ` Inordertoresolvethisissue,section4035306(a)mustberead inparimateriawithsection4035501(a)(3)inordertogiveeffecttolegislativeintent.SeeOwensv.State,908S.W.2d923,926(Tenn.1995)( Statutesinpari   materia"thoserelatingtothesamesubjectorhavingacommonpurpose"aretobeconstruedtogether.).Itisclearthatinenactingsection4035501(a)(3),thelegislatureintendedforafelonwhoreceivedasentenceoftwoyearsorlesstobereleasedfromconfinementonhisorherreleaseeligibilitydate,regardlessofwhetherthesentencecombinedconfinementwithanyotherformofpunishment.GPHHPHPPP PHHHGGG  #  4      PPAllowingacourttocircumventadefendantsreleaseeligibilitydate "0 byimposingalongerperiodofconfinementundersection4035306(a)wouldcompletelyevisceratethelegislativeintentbehindtheenactmentofsection4035501(a)(3).Whenthetwostatutesarereadtogether,itisevidentthatsection4035306(a)allowsacourttoimposeaperiodofuptooneyearinthelocaljailaspartofasentenceinvolvingsplitconfinement,butonlyiftheperiodofconfinementwouldbecompletedonorbeforethedefendantsreleaseeligibilitydateundersection4035501.  2(*  ` BecauseAppellantwassentencedasaRangeIstandardoffender,his releaseeligibilitydatewouldoccurafterservingthirtypercentofhissentence,lessanyapplicablesentencingcredits.Thus,hadAppellantsimplyreceivedasentenceoftwoyearsofconfinement,hisreleaseeligibilitydatewouldhaveoccurredafterserviceof219daysofhissentence,lessanyapplicablesentencingcredits.Therefore,weholdthatthetrialcourterredwhenitattemptedtocircumventsection4035501(a)(3)bysentencingAppellanttooneyearofconfinementfollowedbyoneyearintheCommunityCorrectionsProgram. ` Accordingly,wereversethesentenceinthiscaseandremandforresentencinginaccordancewiththisopinion. `     h   DD  D ` D `     h   ____________________________________ `     h   JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGECONCUR:___________________________________JOHNH.PEAY,JUDGE___________________________________DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE