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P ; Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentsoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed  (x   #iXW#XWX.iDavidH.Welles,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichDavidG.HayesandNorma P McGeeOgle,JJ.,joined. < RussellT.Greene,Knoxville,Tennessee,fortheappellant,_Cumecus_Ԁ_Rodrelle_Ԁ_Cates_.     ` PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;MichelleChapman_McIntire_,AssistantAttorney  General;andRandallE._Nichols_,DistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee.  @@OO& OPINION #iXXW#XWXi L    #iXXW4 #XWXi   `     h       Beforeweaddresstheissuepresentedinthisappeal,abriefsummaryoftheproceedingsin #`" thetrialcourtiswarranted.OnMarch13,2003,theDefendantwastriedbeforeajuryandconvicted #L# ofaggravatedburglaryandmisdemeanortheft. #  1      ׀HewassentencedtosixyearsasaRangeIstandard $8 $ offenderfortheaggravatedburglaryconvictionandtoaconcurrenttermofelevenmonthsand %$!% twentyninedaysforthetheftconviction. &"&   Thereafter,theDefendantwasconvicted,uponajuryverdict,oftwocountsofrape. (#( Subsequenttothesetworapeconvictions,theStateandtheDefendantenteredintoapleaagreement )$) regardingthesentencesfortherapeconvictions,andalsoregardingdispositionandsentencingfor p*%* aseparate,unrelatedchargeofespeciallyaggravatedrobbery.Thus,onJuly15,2003,thetrialcourt \+&+ _conductedapleasubmissionhearinginwhichtheDefendantwassentencedtotwoconcurrentten  yearsentencesfortherapeconvictions.Thosesentenceswereorderedtobeservedconsecutiveto  apreviousconvictionfromSullivanCountyandpreviousconvictionsfromKnoxCounty,oneof  whichwasthesixyearsentenceforburglarywhichisthesubjectofthisappeal. #  2       t   AlsoatthepleasubmissionhearingonJuly15,2003,theDefendantenteredaguiltypleato L  theClassAfelonyofespeciallyaggravatedrobbery,forwhichhereceivedanagreedsentenceof 8  twentyyears.Thistwentyyearsentencewastobeservedconcurrentlywiththesentencesforrape, $ t butconsecutivelytotheotherprevioussentences.Asafurtherpartofthepleaagreement,theState  ` agreedtodismissthreeadditionalcharges,andtheDefendantagreedthathewouldwaivehisappeal  L  fromthetwojurytrialconvictionsforrape.Also,aspartofthepleaagreementtheDefendantagreed  8  thathewouldwithdrawhisappealfromhisconvictionandsentenceintheaggravatedburglaryand $  theftconvictions,whichconvictionsarethesubjectofthisappeal.     AtthetimeofthepleasubmissionhearingonJuly15,2003,theDefendantsappealfromthe   burglaryandtheftconvictionswaspendinginthiscourt.Apparently,theDefendantdeclinedtosign   astatementagreeingthathisappealpendinginthisCourtbevoluntarilydismissed.SeeTenn.R. p Crim.App.11.Consequently,thisCourtdeniedthemotionbyDefendantsappellatecounsel \ requestingpermissiontowithdraw.ThisCourtdirectedcounseltofileabriefonbehalfofthe H Defendant.Counselhasfiledabriefchallengingthesufficiencyoftheevidence,whichwenow 4 address.  p    XWXXXWTennesseeRuleofAppellateProcedure13(e)prescribesthat [f]indingsofguiltincriminal H actionswhetherbythetrialcourtorjuryshallbesetasideiftheevidenceisinsufficienttosupport 4 thefindingsbythetrieroffactofguiltbeyondareasonabledoubt.Aconvictedcriminaldefendant   whochallengesthesufficiencyoftheevidenceonappealbearstheburdenofdemonstratingwhythe   evidenceisinsufficienttosupporttheverdict,becauseaverdictofguiltdestroysthepresumption  ofinnocenceandimposesapresumptionofguilt.SeeStatev.Evans,108S.W.3d231,237(Tenn.  2003);Statev.Carruthers,35S.W.3d516,55758(Tenn.2000);Statev.Tuggle,639S.W.2d913,  914(Tenn.1982).ThisCourtmustrejectaconvictedcriminaldefendantschallengetothe l sufficiencyoftheevidenceif,afterconsideringtheevidenceinalightmostfavorabletothe X  prosecution,wedeterminethatanyrationaltrieroffactcouldhavefoundtheessentialelementsof D! thecrimebeyondareasonabledoubt.SeeJacksonv.Virginia,443U.S.307,319(1979);Statev. 0"  Hall,8S.W.3d593,599(Tenn.1999). #l!   Onappeal,theStateisentitledtothestrongestlegitimateviewoftheevidenceandall $D # reasonableandlegitimateinferenceswhichmaybedrawntherefrom.SeeCarruthers,35S.W.3dat %0!$ 558;Hall,8S.W.3dat599.AguiltyverdictbythetrieroffactaccreditsthetestimonyoftheStates &"% witnessesandresolvesallconflictsintheevidenceinfavoroftheprosecutionstheory.SeeState '#& v.Bland,958S.W.2d651,659(Tenn.1997).Questionsaboutthecredibilityofwitnesses,the (#' weightandvalueoftheevidence,aswellasallfactualissuesraisedbytheevidenceareresolvedby  thetrieroffact,andthisCourtwillnotreweighorreevaluatetheevidence.SeeEvans,108S.W.3d  at236;Bland,958S.W.2dat659.NorwillthisCourtsubstituteitsowninferencesdrawnfrom  circumstantialevidenceforthosedrawnbythetrieroffact.SeeEvans,108S.W.3dat23637; t Carruthers,35S.W.3dat557.#XWXX XW[# `   Wehavecarefullyreviewedthetranscriptoftheevidencepresentedattrial.Thetestimony 8  presented,alongwiththeexhibitsintroducedinopencourt,easilysupportsafindingthatthe $ t Defendantenteredthehabitationofthevictim,LawandaWilliams,withouthereffectiveconsent,  ` withtheintenttocommittheft,anddidcommittheftbytakingthevictimstelevision,VCR,and  L  stereosystemwiththeintenttodeprivethevictimofherproperty.Awitnesstestifiedthathesaw  8  theDefendantremovetheitemsfromthevictimsresidence.ThevictimtestifiedthattheDefendant $  didnothaveherconsenttoenterherresidenceandremovetheitems.Recordsfromapawnshop   wereintroducedwhichreflectedthenameoftheDefendantasthepersonwhohadpawnedtheitems.   Thevictimidentifiedtheitemsretrievedfromthepawnshopasbeingtheitemstakenfromher   residence.Weconcludethattheevidencepresentedattrialissufficienttosupportthefindingsby   thetrieroffactofguiltbeyondareasonabledoubt. p   Inaddition,althoughnotraisedasanissueonappeal,wenotethattheDefendantslengthy H recordofpriorcriminalconvictions,standingalone,issufficienttojustifyandsupportthe 4 DefendantsmaximumsentenceofsixyearsasaRangeIstandardoffenderforhisClassCfelony  p conviction.  \   Accordingly,thejudgmentsofthetrialcourtareaffirmed. 4    `     h     ___________________________________     `     h     DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE