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ÔÔ€+ÔÝ  ÝÒ 4 ÒÒ X ÒÓ  ÓÑ ` ÑÑ Ü ÑÑ\R AØ'\Ñòò›œÞ ÞÌIN›€THE€COURT€OF€CRIMINAL€APPEALS€OF€TENNESSEEÌÙ€ ÙœßR€./-A1-j| ÿA` Å `€€@ÿRß›ÌAT€JACKSONóóÌÌMARCH€1998€SESSIONÌÌÌÌÌÓ  ÓSTATE€OF€TENNESSEE,à àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà à)à àNo.€02„C„01„9709„CC„00366Ìà àà àAPPELLEE,à àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà à)à àBenton€CountyÌv.à àà àà àà àà à)à àà àÌà àà àà àà àà à)à àHonorable€Julian€P.€Guinn,€JudgeÌERIC€M.€FLORENCE,à àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà à)à à(Sentencing)Ìà àà àAPPELLANT.à à)ÌÌÌÌÌÌFOR€THE€APPELLANT:à àà àà àFOR€THE€APPELLEE:ÌÌTerry€J.€Leonardà àà àà àà àJohn€Knox€WalkupÌAttorney€at€Lawà àà àà àà àAttorney€General€&€ReporterÌ9€North€Court€Squareà àà àà à425€Fifth€Avenue,€NorthÌP.€O.€Box€957à àà àà àà àNashville,€TN€€37243„0497ÌCamden,€TN€€38320Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àDouglas€D.€HimesÌà àà àà àà àà àà àAssistant€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àà à425€Fifth€Avenue,€NorthÌà àà àà àà àà àà àNashville,€TN€€37243„0493ÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àG.€Robert€RadfordÌà àà àà àà àà àà àDistrict€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àà à111€Church€StreetÌà àà àà àà àà àà àP.€O.€Box€686Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àHuntingdon,€TN€€38344„0686ÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àJerry€W.€WallaceÌà àà àà àà àà àà àAssistant€District€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àà àP.€O.€Box€637Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àParsons,€TN€€38363„0637ÌÌÌÌOPINION€FILED:€__________________ÌÌÌREMANDEDÌÌÌGARY€R.€WADE,€JUDGE€ÇÓÓò òÑ7€ÚÁXXdæXXdæ7ÑÔ€+¼ÔÓ  Óà@ àòòO€P€I€N€I€O€N€óóÔ€+XÔó óÌà àà àThe€defendant,€Eric€M.€Florence,€entered€pleas€of€guilt€in€the€GeneralÏSessions€Court€of€Benton€County€to€possession€of€marijuana€and€unlawfulÏpossession€of€alcohol.€€He€was€sentenced€to€eleven€months€and€twenty„nine€daysÏin€the€county€jail;€all€but€two€days€were€suspended€on€each€count.€€The€sentencesÏwere€to€be€concurrently€served.€€The€defendant€incurred€additional€charges€and€hisÏprobation€was€revoked.€€He€served€a€portion€of€his€general€sessions€sentence€andÏthen€moved€the€court€to€suspend€the€remainder.€€The€general€sessions€courtÏdenied€the€motion.€€The€defendant€appealed€to€the€circuit€court.€€That€court€affirmedÏthe€decision€of€the€general€sessions€court.€€ÌÌà àà àIn€this€appeal€of€right,€the€defendant€contends€that€the€Circuit€Court€ofÏBenton€County,€Tennessee,€erred€by€failing€to€suspend€the€balance€of€theÏsentence€imposed€by€the€general€sessions€court.€€For€the€reasons€stated€herein,Ïthe€cause€must€be€remanded€to€the€circuit€court€for€further€proceedings€consistentÏwith€this€opinion.ÌÌà àà àIn€December€1995,€the€defendant€entered€pleas€of€guilt€to€simpleÏpossession€of€marijuana€and€unlawful€possession€of€alcohol.€€When€he€reported€toÍjail,€he€had€marijuana€in€his€possession.€€A€revocation€warrant€issued€and,€at€theÏfirst€scheduled€hearing€on€the€warrant,€the€defendant,€who€by€then€had€apparentlyÏserved€his€original€two„day€sentence,€failed€to€appear.€€ÌÌà àà àAt€a€rescheduled€hearing€on€May€8,€1996,€the€general€sessions€courtÏrevoked€probation€on€the€initial€charges.€€On€June€10,€the€defendant€pleaded€guiltyÏin€circuit€court€to€introducing€a€controlled€substance€into€a€prison€facility.€€The€circuitÏcourt€sentenced€the€defendant€to€serve€three€(3)€years:€€one€(1)€€year€in€the€jail€andÏtwo€(2)€years€on€supervised€probation.€€ÌÌà àà àOn€September€19,€1996,€the€defendant€filed€a€motion€asking€theÏgeneral€sessions€judge€to€suspend€the€balance€of€the€defendantððs€sentence€on€theÏoriginal€charges.€€The€motion€was€withdrawn€January€29,€1997.€€Almost€fiveÏmonths€later,€the€defendant€filed€a€second€motion€asking€that€the€balance€of€hisÏsentence€for€the€original€charges€be€suspended€and€that€he€serve€the€remainder€ofÏthe€time€on€supervised€probation.€€Five€days€later,€the€general€sessions€judgeÏoverruled€the€motion.€€The€defendant€made€bail€on€July€3,€1997,€after€appealing€toÏthe€circuit€court.€€€€ÌÌà àà àThe€circuit€court€identified€the€issue€on€appeal€as€whether€the€generalÍsessions€judge€was€correct€in€revoking€the€defendantððs€probation.€€On€August€21,Ï1997,€the€circuit€court€ruled€(a)€that€the€defendant€had€not€properly€presented€theÏissue€to€the€circuit€court€and€decided€(b)€that€judgments€regarding€sentences€onÏviolation€of€probation€from€general€sessions€court€should€be€free€from€tampering.€ÏAt€the€conclusion€of€the€hearing,€the€trial€court€made€the€following€ruling:€ÌÓ` °„X<À–XÓÓÓà8 àà8 àà à[I]n€this€particular€case€the€length€of€sentence€fromÏthe€General€Sessions€Court€is€not€before€this€Court.€€IÏhave€on€occasions€in€the€past€had€that€issue€put€up€hereÏand€have€ruled€upon€it.€€But€thatððs€not€the€question€thatÏthe€Court€has€to€grapple€with€now.€€That€sentence€wasÏfixed€by€the€General€Sessions€Judge.€€It€was€notÏappealed€and€it€is€firm.€€It€has€reached€finality.€€òòThe€onlyÏquestion€thatððs€before€this€Court€is€whether€the€GeneralÏSessions€Judge€was€correct€in€the€revoking€of€an€earlierÏprobated€sentence€upon€a€second€conviction€involvingÏcontrolled€substancesóó.€€And€this€Court€has€to€find€œthatÏthat›€Judge€was€absolutely€and€totally€appropriate€inÏdoing€that.€€If€he€didnððt€do€that€justice€would,€quiteÏsimply,€go€out€the€window€the€very€same€day€that€heÏrefused€to€act€or€react.€€The€people€of€Benton€CountyÏhave€put€him€there€to€do€precisely€that.€Ìà8 àà8 àà àòòThe€relief€that€youððre€looking€for€in€this€case€is€aÏsuspended€sentence.€€And€that€issue€is€not€before€thisÏCourt.€€You€get€a€suspended€sentence€from€the€GeneralÏSessions€Judge,€siróó.€€Thatððs€where€youððre€going€to€haveÏto€find€your€relief.€€Draw€an€order€overruling€it€in€thisÏCourt,€sir.ÌÌ(Emphasis€added).ÌÌÌÌÓÓà@ àIÌà àà àThe€defendantððs€probation€on€the€initial€offenses€was€revoked€on€MayÏ8,€1996.€€The€defendant€was€ordered€to€serve€his€sentence€in€its€entirety€beginningÏ"immediately."€€There€is€no€indication€in€the€record€that€the€defendant€everÏappealed€that€action.€€According€to€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€27„5„108€a€party€mayÏappeal€a€decision€from€the€general€sessions€court€to€the€circuit€court€within€tenÏdays.€€"If€no€appeal€is€taken€within€the€time€provided,€then€execution€may€issue."€ÏTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€27„5„108(d).Ìà àà àTennessee€Code€Annotated€ðð€27„3„131€provides€as€follows:ÌÓÓà8 àà8 à(a)€Notwithstanding€Rule€5(c)(2)€of€the€Tennessee€RulesÏof€Criminal€Procedure€to€the€contrary,€the€defendant€mayÏin€any€case€covered€by€such€rule€appeal€a€verdict€ofÏguilty€òòor€the€sentence€imposedóó€or€both€to€the€circuit€orÏcriminal€court€for€a€trial€de€novo€with€or€without€a€jury.Ìà8 àà8 à(b)€Demand€for€a€jury€trial€shall€be€made€at€the€time€ofÏfiling€an€appeal€under€ðð€27„5„108,€to€the€circuit€court€orÏcriminal€court.€€If€such€demand€is€not€made€at€the€time€ofÏfiling€the€appeal,€the€right€to€a€trial€by€jury€is€waived.ÌÌÌÌÓÓà àà àBecause€no€appeal€was€filed€with€regard€to€the€revocation,€the€May€8,Ï1996,€revocation€of€probation€was€final.€€Contrary€to€the€finding€by€the€circuit€judge,Ïthe€propriety€of€the€revocation€was€not€the€issue€before€the€circuit€court.ÌÌà@ àIIÌà àà àIn€our€view,€the€issue€appealed€to€the€circuit€court€was€the€propriety€ofÏthe€general€sessions€judge's€June€24,€1997,€order€denying€the€defendant's€motionÏfor€a€reduction,€alteration,€or€suspension€of€the€sentence:€€ÇÓÓà8 àà8 àThe€court€shall€retain€full€jurisdiction€over€the€defendantÏduring€the€term€of€such€sentence€and€may€reduce€orÏmodify€the€sentence€or€may€place€the€defendant€onÏprobation€supervision€where€otherwise€eligible.€ÏFollowing€the€first€application,€applications€to€reduce€orÏto€alter€the€manner€of€the€service€of€the€sentence€may€beÏmade€at€no€less€than€two€(2)€month€intervals.€€ÌÌTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„35„314(c).€€ÌÌÌÌÓÓà àà àOnce€the€general€sessions€judge€denied€the€defendant's€request€toÏsuspend€the€sentence,€the€defendant€had€ten€days€to€appeal.€€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ððÏ27„5„108.€€As€the€state€correctly€points€out,€there€is€no€notice€of€appeal€contained€inÏthe€record.€€The€record€does,€however,€contain€an€appeal€bond€dated€July€3,€1997,Ïand€an€order€dated€July€8,€1997,€from€the€circuit€judge€setting€the€matter€for€trial.€€InÏorder€to€perfect€an€appeal,€the€defendant€need€only€post€a€bond€in€the€generalÏsessions€court€within€ten€days,€"usually€the€same€bond€originally€set€for€bail."€€9ÏRaybin,€òòTennessee€Practiceóó€ðð€7.13;€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðððð€27„5„103,€„105,€„108.€€ÌÌà àà àTennessee€Code€Annotated€ðð€27„5„108(c)€provides€that€any€appealÏtaken€from€the€general€sessions€court€to€the€circuit€court€will€be€de€novo.€€In€thisÏcase,€the€circuit€judge€heard€testimony€from€the€defendant€and€the€defendant'sÏfather€in€support€of€the€defendant's€motion€for€a€suspended€sentence.€€The€judgeÍmistakenly€believed€he€did€not€have€authority€to€rule€on€the€issue€of€suspendingÏthe€sentence.€€For€that€reason,€this€cause€must€be€remanded€to€the€circuit€court€forÏa€ruling€on€the€issue€of€whether€to€suspend€all€or€any€part€of€the€defendant'sÏsentence.€ÌÌà àà àIf€the€circuit€judge€determines€that€the€motion€for€suspension€ofÏsentence€should€be€denied,€as€the€general€sessions€judge€did,€a€determinationÏneeds€to€be€made€as€to€how€much€additional€time€the€defendant€must€serve.€ÏApparently€the€defendant€has€not€returned€to€the€county€jail€to€complete€hisÏsentence€on€the€original€charges€of€unlawful€possession€of€alcohol€and€possessionÏof€marijuana€even€though€the€trial€judge€ordered€that€he€serve€the€remainder€of€thatÏsentence€"immediately."€€The€record€is€unclear€as€to€how€much€time€the€defendantÏhas€served€toward€satisfying€the€sentence€imposed€after€the€revocation€ofÏprobation.€€One€pleading€suggests€the€defendant€had€served€four€months.€€AÏsecond€indicates€he€has€served€forty„one€days.€€The€defendant€testified€in€the€finalÏhearing€on€August€21,€1997,€that€he€had€served€fifty„nine€days€of€that€sentence.€ÏThe€record€is€also€unclear€as€to€the€defendant's€status€between€the€May€8,€1996Ïrevocation€hearing€and€the€motion€made€in€June€1997€for€suspension€of€sentence.€ÏIt€does€appear€that€the€defendant€served€a€year€in€continuous€confinement€on€theÏconviction€for€introducing€drugs€into€jail€sometime€between€June€10,€1996,€andÍJune€19,€1997.€€ÌÌà àà àIn€summary,€the€cause€is€remanded€to€the€circuit€court€for€aÏdetermination€of€the€request€for€reduction€or€modification€of€the€original€sentence.€€ÌÌÓÓà àà àà àà àà àà à_________________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àGARY€R.€WADE,€JUDGEÌÌCONCUR:ÌÌÌÌòò(SEE€BELOW)€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€óóÌJOE€B.€JONES,€PRESIDING€JUDGEÌÌÌÌ__________________________________ÌJERRY€L.€SMITH,€JUDGEÌÌÌÌœThe›€Honorable€Joe€B.€Jones€died€May€1,€1998,€and€did€not€participate€in€thisÏopinion.€€We€acknowledge€his€faithful€service€to€the€Tennessee€Court€of€CriminalÏAppeals,€both€as€our€colleague€and€as€our€Presiding€Judge.