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L6,2 OfficerD.L.Galloway,alsowiththeShelbyCountySheriffsDepartment,further 8.4 testifiedthat,immediatelythereafter,hedetainedtheappellantscarandarrested `  theoccupants.Uponstoppingthecar,hediscoveredfiftysixpointthree(56.3) ,  gramsof powdercocaineandtwentysixpointeight(26.8)gramsof crack   cocaineontherearseatofthecar.Moreover,anOfficerJ.E.Blackwellrecovered d twothousandandfivehundreddollars($2,500.00)fromthedriversseatofthecar. 0 Onthebasisofthisproof,thetrialcourtrevokedtheappellantsprobation. \    X XXX Atrialcourtmayrevokeadefendant#X XXX -#XXXX =#X XXXԓ#X XXX sprobationwhenitfindsthatthe   probationerhasviolatedtheconditionsofprobation.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.#X XXX #XXXX '#X XXXԠ#X XXX Ԁ4035 d 310(1997).Indeterminingwhetherornottoorderrevocation,thetrialjudgeneed 4 notfindbeyondareasonabledoubtthataviolationoftheconditionsofprobation ` hasoccurred.Theexistenceofaviolationneedonlybesupportedbya , preponderanceoftheevidence.Tenn.CodeAnn.#X XXX #XXXX '#X XXXԝ #X XXX Ԁ4035311(e)(1998Supp.).On  appeal,therecordmustdemonstratethatthetrialjudgehasnotactedarbitrarilyand  h hasexercisedconscientiousjudgment.Statev.Harkins,811S.W.2d79,82(Tenn. "4 1991);Statev.Gregory,946S.W.2d829,832(Tenn.Crim.App.1997).Inother `$ words,thiscourtwillnotreversethejudgmentofthetrialcourtabsentanabuseof ,&  discretion,reflectedintherecordbyalackofsubstantialevidencetosupportthe '" trialjudge#X XXX #XXXX =#X XXXt##X XXX sfindings.Id.Thiscourt#X XXX ##XXXX =#X XXX$#X XXX sreviewoftheevidencedoesnotencompass )d $ anevaluationofthecredibilityofthewitnessesattheprobationrevocationhearing. +4"& Thetrialjudgedeterminesthecredibilityofwitnesses.Statev.Mitchell,810S.W.2d `-$( 733,735(Tenn.Crim.App.1991).#X XXX ^$#ԀInaccordancewiththeseprinciples,we ,/%* concludethatsubstantialevidenceintherecordsupportsthetrialjudgesfinding 0', thattheappellantviolatedtheconditionsofhisprobationarysentence. 2d).  (8.4   PursuanttoX XXX Ct.ofCrim.App.Rule20#X XXX "'#,weaffirmthejudgmentofthe `  trialcourt. ,      <      D 򀀀      <      D NormaMcGeeOgle,Judge  ~ CONCUR: 0 򀀀 B  DavidH.Welles,Judge (  򀀀 z  DavidG.Hayes,Judge