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Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentsoftheCriminalCourtReversed ` andRemanded  L    #SX #X X.SRobertW._Wedemeyer_,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichGaryR.Wade,_P.J._,and $"t! James_Curwood_Ԁ_Witt_,Jr.,J.,filedaconcurringopinion. #`" DeborahBlack_Huskins_,AssistantPublicDefender,JohnsonCity,Tennessee,fortheappellant, $8 $ _Nkobi_ԀI.Dunn. %$!% PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;P.RobinDixon,Jr.,AssistantAttorneyGeneral; '"' JoeC._Crumley_,Jr.,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;StevenR.FinneyandDennisDwayneBrooks, (#( AssistantDistrictAttorneysGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. )$)  @@OO& OPINION #SXX ? #X XS \+&+ #SXX :#  X XS@ii# I.Background  4-(- _ԇ  TheWashingtonCountyGrandJuryindictedtheDefendantforoperatingamotorvehicle  whilehisprivilegetodosowassuspended,cancelled,orrevoked;possessionofdrugparaphernalia,  towit:anelectronicscale;andpossessionofaScheduleIIcontrolledsubstancewithintentto  manufacture,deliver,orsellsuchcontrolledsubstance,towit:0.2gramsofcrackcocaine.The t Defendantenteredguiltypleastotheparaphernaliaandcrackcocainechargespursuanttoaplea ` agreementinvolvingTennesseeCodeAnnotated4035313(a)(1)(A),commonlyknownasjudicial L  diversion.Thedrivingwithasuspendedlicensechargewasdismissed.OnAugust25,2000,the 8  Defendantwasplacedonprobationforthreeyears.OnFebruary20,2001,thetrialcourtissueda $ t warrantallegingthattheDefendanthadviolatedtheconditionsofhisprobationbytestingpositive  ` formarijuanause.ThewarrantwaslateramendedtoincludeallegationsthattheDefendanthad  L  failedtopayhiscourtcostsandchildsupport.  8    OnJuly31,2001,theDefendantappearedincourtwithcounsel.Afterabriefdiscussionin   opencourtinvolvingthetrialjudge,counselfortheDefendant,andtheDefendant,thecasewas   concludedasfollows:   8  THECOURT :Letmeaskhimthis.WherehaveyouworkedatsinceIputyouon p probationlastAugust?`   8  [THEDEFENDANT] :Ihaventworkedanywhere.Ivebeenapplyingforjobsbut L noonewillhireme.<   8  THECOURT :Applyingforjobs.HowdoyoupleadtoViolationofProbation?(x   8  [THEDEFENDANT] :Guilty.h   8  THECOURT :Uponyourpleaofguilty,thecourtfindsyouguiltyofViolationof X Probation.Thissentenceorderedserved.Youreinthehandsofthesheriff. H Anythingelseready?4   8  [THESTATE] :Judge,didyousetasidethediversioninthatcase?    8  THECOURT :Wasdiversiongranted?   8  [THESTATE] :Yeah.   8  THECOURT :Youllneedtodoanorder,ajudgment,newjudgmentshowingthat  diversionissetaside.   8  @*    TheDefendantcontendsthatthetrialcourterredinfailingtosentencetheDefendantin h! accordancewiththe standardprovisionsoftheSentencingAct.Weagree. T"  @$ II.Analysis  ,$|"   Thedecisiontorevokeprobationisinthesounddiscretionofthetrialjudge.Statev. &T!$ Mitchell,810S.W.2d733,735(Tenn.Crim.App.1991).Thejudgmentofthetrialcourttorevoke &@"% probationwillbeupheldonappealunlesstherehasbeenanabuseofdiscretion.Statev.Harkins, ',#& 811S.W.2d79,82(Tenn.1991).Tofindanabuseofdiscretioninaprobationrevocationcase,the ($' recordmustbevoidofanysubstantialevidencethatwouldsupportthetrialcourtsdecisionthata )%( violationoftheconditionsofprobationoccurred.Id.;Statev.Grear,568S.W.2d285,286(Tenn. *%) 1978);Statev.Delp,614S.W.2d395,398(Tenn.Crim.App.1980).Proofofaprobationviolation +&* issufficientifitallowsthetrialcourttomakeaconscientiousandintelligentjudgment.Statev.  Milton,673S.W.2d555,557(Tenn.Crim.App.1984).    Inthiscase,theDefendantstatedthathewasguiltywhenaskedtopleadtotheallegationthat t heviolatedhisprobation.Bypleadingguiltytotheallegationsoftheviolationwarrants,the ` Defendantconcededthattherewasanadequatebasisforafindingthathehadviolatedthetermsof L  probation.SeeStatev.MichaelEmler,No.01C019512CC00424,1996Tenn.Crim.App.LEXIS 8  737,at*4(Tenn.Crim.App.,Nashville,Nov.27,1996)(statingthatwherethedefendantadmits $ t violationofthetermsofprobation,revocationbythetrialcourtisnotarbitraryorcapricious);State  ` v.MitziAnnBoyd,No.03C019508CC00246,1996Tenn.Crim.App.LEXIS690,at*3(Tenn.  L  Crim.App.,Knoxville,Nov.1,1996).  8    However,ourinquirydoesnotendhere.BecausetheDefendantenteredhispleapursuant   toTennesseeCodeAnnotated4035313(a)(1)(A),thepleawasenteredwithouttheentryofa   judgmentofguilt,andfurtherproceedingsweredeferred.Thestatutecallsforadefendanttobe   placedonprobationwithreasonableconditionsfornotlessthantheperiodofthemaximumsentence   forthemisdemeanoroffensewithwhichadefendantischarged,ornotmorethanthemaximum p sentenceforthefelonyoffensewithwhichthedefendantischarged.Id.Uponaviolationof \ probation,thecourtmaythenenteranadjudicationofguiltandproceedtosentencingadefendant H fortheoriginaloffense.Id.4035313(a)(2);Statev.Johnson,15S.W.3d515,517(Tenn.Crim. 4 App.1999).Sentencingshallproceedpursuanttothestandardprovisionsofthesentencingact.  p Johnson,15S.W.3dat519;seealsoTenn.CodeAnn.4035101to504.  \   Itisapparentthatthetrialcourtwasinitiallyproceedingundertheerroneousassumptionsthat 4 judgmentsofguilthadpreviouslybeenenteredandthattheDefendanthadreceivedaprobated   sentence.ThetrialcourtfoundtheDefendantguiltyofviolatingprobationandorderedthe   Defendanttoservehissentence.However,theDefendantsrighttoasentencinghearingwas  overlookedbythetrialcourt.TheDefendantwasentitledto,butdidnotreceive,asentencing  hearingatwhichhewouldhavehadtheopportunitytopresentmitigatingfactorsandrequest  alternativesentencing.BecausethecocainechargeisaClassCfelony,theDefendantwouldbe l presumedafavorablecandidateforalternativesentencingandwouldhavehadtheopportunityto X  provetothetrialcourthissuitabilityforaprobatedsentence.TheDefendantwasnotsentencedin D! accordancewithTennesseeCodeAnnotated4035101to504. 0"    Forthesereasons,weREVERSEthejudgmentsofthetrialcourtandREMANDthiscase $X" tothetrialcourtforasentencinghearing. $D #    `     h     ___________________________________ '#&    `     h     ROBERTW.WEDEMEYER,JUDGE