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P Inthisappeal,thedefendantcontendsheshouldhavereceivedalternativesentencing.Weaffirm. < #uXXKz#XKXu Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed#uXXK#XKXu  d   #uXXK#XKXuJoeG.Riley,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichDavidH.Welles#uXXK #XKXuԀandJerryL.Smith, < JJ.,joined.#uXXK#XKXu ( #uXXK# #XKXu  _Lanny_ԀR.Norris,_Elizabethton_,Tennessee,fortheappellant,AnthonyGentry,II.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;HelenaWalton_Yarbrough_#uXXKz #XKXu,AssistantAttorney  General;JoeC._Crumley_,Jr.#uXXK #XKXu,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andKennethC.Baldwin,#uXXK} #XKXuԀAssistantDistrict t AttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. ` #uXXK #XKXu   OPINION #uXXK #XKXu $"t!  #uXXK #  XKXu   Thedefendantsold28morphinetabletstoaconfidentialinformantonNovember2,2000, #L# andsold37morphinetabletstoaconfidentialinformantonNovember15,2000.Heenteredan $8 $ agreedpleaofguiltytobothClassCfeloniesforconcurrentfouryearsentences,withtheissueof %$!% alternativesentencingtobedeterminedbythetrialcourt.Thetrialcourtsubsequentlydeniedthe &"& defendantsrequestforalternativesentencingandsentencedhimtofouryearsincarceration. '"'   The_presentence_Ԁreportrevealedthedefendanthadbeenconvictedofseventeenprior )$) misdemeanorsandonepriorfelony.Additionally,itrevealedthedefendantwasonmisdemeanor p*%* probationwhentheinstantoffenseswerecommitted.Thedefendantconcededhehadpreviously \+&+ violatedprobationthreetimesbutexplainedhehad turnedoveranewleafwhileinjailawaiting H,', sentencing. 4-(- _ԇ@`` ALTERNATIVESENTENCING    A.StandardofReview  t  XKXXXK  Thiscourtsreviewofthesentenceimposedbythetrialcourtisdenovowithapresumption L  ofcorrectness.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035401(d).Thispresumptionisconditioneduponan 8  affirmativeshowingintherecordthatthetrialjudgeconsideredthesentencingprinciplesandall $ t relevantfactsandcircumstances.Statev.Pettus,986S.W.2d540,543(Tenn.1999).Ifthetrial  ` courtfailstocomplywiththestatutorydirectives,thereisnopresumptionofcorrectnessandour  L  reviewisdenovo.Statev.Poole,945S.W.2d93,96(Tenn.1997).  8    UndertheCriminalSentencingReformActof1989,trialjudgesareencouragedtouse   alternativestoincarceration.AnespeciallymitigatedorstandardoffenderconvictedofaClassC,   DorEfelonyispresumedtobeafavorablecandidateforalternativesentencingoptionsinthe   absenceofevidencetothecontrary.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035102(6).     Indeterminingifincarcerationisappropriate,atrialcourtmayconsidertheneedtoprotect \ societybyrestrainingadefendanthavingalonghistoryofcriminalconduct,theneedtoavoid H depreciatingtheseriousnessoftheoffense,whetherconfinementisparticularlyappropriateto 4 effectivelydeterotherslikelytocommitsimilaroffenses,andwhetherlessrestrictivemeasureshave  p oftenorrecentlybeenunsuccessfullyappliedtothedefendant.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035103(1);  \ seealsoStatev.Ashby,823S.W.2d166,169(Tenn.1991). H  B.TrialCourtsFindings      Thetrialcourtconcludedthedefendantwasnotsuitableforalternativesentencingbasedon  aneedtoprotectsocietyfromhisconduct;thedefendantneedstoberestrainedduetohislengthy  criminalhistory;successfulrehabilitationis outofthequestion;andmeasureslessrestrictivethan  confinementhadbeenunsuccessfullyapplied. l  C.Analysis  D!   AlthoughaRangeIstandardoffenderconvictedofaClassCfelonyisnormallypresumed #l! afavorablecandidateforalternativesentencing,thetrialcourtcorrectlyconcludedthepresumption $X" wasovercomebecausethedefendanthada criminalhistor[y]evincingacleardisregardforthelaws $D # andmoralsofsociety....Tenn.CodeAnn.4035102(5).#XKXX XK# XKXXXKThisdeterminationissupportedby %0!$ therecordwhichestablishesthe32yearolddefendantseighteenpriorconvictions.Furthermore, &"% thedefendanthasfailedall pasteffortsatrehabilitation.Id.Inadditiontothedefendantslengthy '#& criminalhistory,hecommittedtheinstantoffenseswhileonprobationandconcededhehadprior (#' probationviolations.Thesearesufficientreasonstodenyalternativesentencing.SeeTenn.Code )$( Ann.4035103(1)(A),(C).Thetrialcourtsfindingofthedefendantsbleakpotentialfor |*%) rehabilitationwasbolsteredwhenthedefendant,immediatelyafterremindingthetrialjudgethathe h+&* hadbeen doingBiblestudy,boldlycalledthetrialjudgea stupidmotherfaker(spellingtaken  directlyfromthetranscript)attheconclusionofthehearing.Thedefendantsinsistencethatthetrial  courtabuseditsdiscretionbydenyingalternativesentencingisdisingenuous.    Weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.#XKXX XK# XKXXXK ` #XKXX XK ##   `     h     ___________________________________  `    `     h     JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE