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` Appellant.@ - ) d @ + ORDER L ` Thedefendant,TonyRandallArnold,appealsasofrighthisconvictionbyaBentonCountyjuryofsimpleassault,aClassBmisdemeanor.SeeTenn. l CodeAnn.3913101(a)(3).Thetrialcourtsentencedthedefendanttosix(6)monthsinjailtobeservedat75%.Thesoleissueforappealiswhetherthetrialcourtproperlysentencedthedefendant. ` Thedefendantwasoriginallyindictedforrapeofachild,butwasconvictedofsimpleassault.Thetranscriptofthetrialisnotintherecord.Fromthetechnicalrecorditappearsthevictimwasthestepsisterofthedefendant swifeandwaslessthanthirteen(13)yearsofage. ` Indeterminingwhetherthetrialcourthasproperlysentencedanindividual,thiscourtengagesinadenovoreviewoftherecordwitha ,', presumptionthatthetrialcourt sdeterminationswerecorrect.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035401(d).Thispresumptionis conditioneduponanaffirmativeshowingintherecordthatthetrialcourtconsideredthesentencingprinciplesandallrelevantfactsandcircumstances. Statev.Ashby,823S.W.2d166,169(Tenn. 3 /4 1991).Theburdenisupontheappealingpartytoshowthatthesentenceisimproper.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035401(d)SentencingCommissionComments. ` Thestateassertedthefollowingenhancementfactorsatthesentencinghearing:thevictimwasparticularlyvulnerableduetoherage;theoffensewas
;P6< 7 committedtosatisfythedefendant sdesireforpleasureorexcitement;andthedefendanttookadvantageofapositionofprivatetrust.SeeTenn.CodeAnn. | 4035114(4),(7),(15).Thedefendantsubmittedforthetrialcourt sconsiderationthathehadnopriorarrests,afulltimejob,andafamilytosupport. ` Insentencingthedefendanttoincarceration,thetrialcourtexpresslyrejectedalternativesentencingbasedupontheseriousnessoftheoffenseandthevulnerabilityofthevictim.Asstated,thetrialcourtimposedasix(6)monthsentenceofincarceration. ` Thefactsandcircumstancesoftheoffensearecrucialtotheproprietyofthissentence.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035210(b)(1).However,thisCourt 0 hasnotbeenfurnishedacopyofthetrialtranscript.Forallpracticalpurposes,weareprecludedfromconsideringthemeritsofthesentencingissue.SeeState | v.Ballard,855S.W.2d557,56061(Tenn.1993);Tenn.R.App.P.24(b). L Nevertheless,baseduponwhatfewfactsdoappearintherecord,wefindno impropreityimpropriety inthesentenceimposedbythetrialcourt. ` BasedupontherecordbeforethisCourt,thedefendanthasfailedtomeethisburdenofestablishingthatthesentencewasimproper.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035401(d)SentencingCommissionComments. ` Becausewefindnoerrorinthetrialcourt ssentencingofthedefendant,pursuanttoRule20oftheTennesseeCourtofCriminalAppeals,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt. Costsaretaxedtothestateastheappellantisindigent. ` IntheeventtheappellantindicatesanintentiontofileanapplicationforpermissiontoappealtotheTennesseeSupremeCourt,hemaybeadmittedtobailintheadditionalamountof$1,000foratotalbondamountof$26,000withsufficientsuretiestobeapprovedbytheclerkofthetrialcourtpendingfilinganddispositionofsaidapplication.Indefaultofsuchbond,heshallberemandedtothecustodyoftheSheriffofBentonCounty.Costsaretaxedtothestateastheappellantisindigent. ` AllofwhichissoORDERED.