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PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;P.RobinDixon,Jr.,AssistantAttorneyGeneral; ` ElizabethT.Rice,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andJ.ThomasCaldwell,AssistantDistrictAttorney L  General,fortheappellant,StateofTennessee. 8!  J.ThomasCaldwell,Ripley,Tennessee,fortheappellee,WoodsonCarter_Criner_. #`" u @@OO& OPINION #EXX #XXE $8 $ #EXX #  XXE  Thedefendantwaschargedwithandconvictedof_DUI_Ԁanddrivingonarevokedlicense,the &"& latternotbeingappealed.Atthedefendantsbenchtrial,OfficerWillardLane,Jr.oftheRipley '"' PoliceDepartmenttestifiedthatonJune5,1999,hestoppedthedefendantscarafterseeingitrun (#( offtheroadtwice.WhenOfficerLaneapproachedthecarandspoketothedefendant,henoticed )$) thatthedefendantsmelledstronglyofalcohol.OfficerLanegavethedefendantfieldsobrietytests, p*%* whichhecouldnotcomplete.OfficerLanearrestedthedefendant,whowastakentojail.A \+&+ _breathalyzer_Ԁtestrevealedthatthedefendantsbloodalcoholcontentwas0.24percent.Thestate H,', introducedjudgmentsshowingthatthedefendanthadfourprior_DUI_Ԁconvictions. 4-(- _ԇ  Thetrialtranscriptandthetrialcourtswrittenorderreflectthatthetrialcourtfoundthatthe  statehadprovenbeyondareasonabledoubtthatthedefendantwasguiltyofdrivingonarevoked  licenseandfelonyDUI.Atthesentencinghearing,thetrialcourtsentencedthedefendanttoeleven  months,twentyninedaysforeachconviction.FortheDUI,italsoorderedthedefendanttoserve t onehundredtwentydaysinconfinementandpaythestatutoryminimumfineofonethousandone ` hundreddollars.Afterthetrialcourtannouncedthesentences,thestateaskedthetrialcourtifitwas L  sentencingthedefendantforDUI,thirdoffense,whichisamisdemeanor.Thetrialcourtreplied, 8   Its11monthsand29daysforaDUIfourth. $ t   Thestateappeals,claimingthatthedefendantsmisdemeanorsentenceforafelony  L  convictionisillegal.Thedefendantcontendsthatthetrialcourtproperlysentencedhimbecause  8  accordingtothejudgment,thetrialcourtfoundhimguiltyofDUI,thirdoffense.Inaddition,he $  contendsthatthestatesappealisbarredbytheprotectionsagainstdoublejeopardy.     RelativetopunishmentsforthirdandfourthDUIconvictions,Tenn.CodeAnn.5510   403(a)(1)provides:   8  8`   Forthethirdconviction,thereshallbeimposedafineofnotlessthan \ onethousandonehundreddollars($1,100)normorethanten H thousanddollars($10,000),andthepersonorpersonsshallbe 4 confinedinthecountyjailorworkhousefornotlessthanonehundred  p twenty(120)daysnormorethaneleven(11)monthsandtwentynine  \ (29)days....Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawtothe H contrary,thefourthorsubsequentconvictionshallbeaClassEfelony 4 punishablebyafineofnotlessthanthreethousanddollars($3,000)   normorethanfifteenthousanddollars($15,000);byconfinementfor   notlessthanonehundredfifty(150)consecutivedays,tobeserved  dayforday,normorethanthemaximumpunishmentauthorizedfor  theappropriaterangeofaClassEfelony....` x` x TherangeofpunishmentforaRangeI,standardoffenderconvictedofaClassEfelonyisonetotwo X  years.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035112(a)(5). D!   Althoughthestatecontendsthattheminimumsentenceallowedinthiscasewasoneyearfor #l! thedefendantsfelonyDUIconviction,wenotethatTenn.CodeAnn.4035211(2)permitsatrial $X" courttoimposealesserpunishmentthanthestatutoryminimumforaRangeI,ClassEfelony. $D # Therefore,thetrialcourtcouldproperlysentencethedefendanttoelevenmonths,twentyninedays %0!$ foraDUI,fourthoffense.However,thetrialandsentencinghearingtranscriptsconflictregarding &"% whetherthetrialcourtconvictedthedefendantofmisdemeanororfelonyDUI.Atthebenchtrial, '#& thetrialcourtstatedthatthedefendantwasguiltyoffelonyDUI,butatthesentencinghearing,it (#' sentencedhimtothestatutoryminimumfineandtimeservedinconfinementforDUI,thirdoffense, )$( amisdemeanor.Moreover,thejudgmentofconvictionreflectsthatthedefendantwasconvictedof |*%) misdemeanorDUI.Normally,whenconflictsexistbetweenevidencetranscriptsandcourtminutes, h+&* thetranscriptscontrol.SeeStatev.Moore,814S.W.2d381,383(Tenn.Crim.App.1991).Given  thefactthatthejudgmentdiffersfromthetranscript,butthetrialandsentencinghearingtranscripts  reflectcontradictoryconvictions,weconcludethatwemustvacatethejudgmentandremandthecase  tothetrialcourttoresolvetheconflicts,reviewthedefendantsDUIsentence,andenteran t appropriatejudgment. `   Thedefendantclaimsthatthestatesappealviolateshisrightsagainstdoublejeopardy.The 8  doublejeopardyclausesofboththeUnitedStatesandTennesseeConstitutionsstatethatnoperson $ t shallbetwiceputinjeopardyoflifeorlimbforthesameoffense.U.S.Const.amend.V;Tenn.  ` Const.art.I,10.However,oursupremecourthasheldthatthestatesappealofadefendants  L  illegalsentencedoesnotviolatedoublejeopardyprotections.SeeStatev.Russell,800S.W.2d169,  8  17274(Tenn.1990). $    Basedontheforegoingandtherecordasawhole,wevacatethejudgmentandremandthe   casetothetrialcourtforproceedingsconsistentwiththisopinion.      `     h     ___________________________________ H    `     h     JOSEPHM.TIPTON,JUDGE