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October20,2000probationthathadresultedfromfourfelonybadcheckconvictions.Thecourt (x orderedthedefendanttoservehisoriginaleffectivesentenceofeightyearsintheDepartmentof a Correction.Althoughthedefendantadmittedthathehadviolatedhisprobation,hechallengesthe J trialcourtsdecisiontorequirehimtoservetheoriginalsentencesinincarceration.Discerningno 3 errorinthelowercourtsjudgment,weaffirm.  #!XXʏ#XʏX! Tenn.R.App.P.3;JudgmentsoftheCircuitCourtareAffirmed.     #!Xʏ#XʏX.!JamesCurwoodWitt,Jr.,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJosephM.Tiptonand q DavidG.Hayes,JJ.,joined. Z RusselA.Church,Clarksville,Tennessee,fortheAppellant,MarkMaynard. ,| PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneral&Reporter;DavidH.Findley,AssistantAttorneyGeneral; N JohnWesleyCarney,Jr.,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andHelenYoung,AssistantDistrictAttorney  7  General,fortheAppellee,StateofTennessee. ! ! u OPINION #!XXʏ#XʏX! ## #!XXʏ@ #  XʏX!   ` Thedefendantwasoriginallyindictedfordraftingandpassingworthlesschecksto u% % amotorcycledealerinFebruary2000.Intheaggregate,thechecksexceeded$30,000andwere ^&!& usedtopurchase fourwheelers,trailers,andotherequipment.Hepleadedguiltyandreceivedfour G'"' felonyconvictionsandanordertopay$8,641inrestitution , #  1      ׀andanaggregateDepartmentof 0(#( Correctionsentenceofeightyears,tobeservedonsupervisedprobation.Thedefendantsprobation )i$) wastransferredtoNewHampshire,wherethethen23yearolddefendantmovedandbeganworking *R%* _asaflooringinstaller.OnMarch5,2002,theStateofTennesseefiledaprobationviolationwarrant,  inwhichitallegedthat,beginningonDecember19,2001,thedefendanthadpassedatleastfour  worthlesschecksinNewHampshire.     ` OnSeptember11,2002,thetrialcourtconductedarevocationhearing.The T defendant,bothpersonallyandthroughcounsel,admittedthathehadviolatedhisprobationby =  writingbadchecksinNewHampshireandthatsomeoftheNewHampshirechargeshadresulted & v inconvictions.Thecourtfoundthatthetermsofprobationhadbeenviolatedandconducteda  _ hearingtodeterminetheproperdispositionofthecase.  H    ` Thedefendanttestifiedthat,afterhehadmovedtoNewHampshireandbegan    workingintheseasonaloccupationofinstallingflooring,hewashamperedbyaninjurytohisleg   andbylipomasurgeryonhisarmorshoulder.Theleginjurywasparticularlycostlyinthatit   disabledhimfromworkforfourorfivemonths.Thedefendanthadmarried,andhiswife,whohad   custodyofachildfromaformerrelationship,workedasawaitressinNewHampshire.Although n  thedefendantmaintainedthatheusedworthlesscheckstomaintainhishousehold,headmittedon W  crossexaminationthathespentlargesumsofmoneytopurchaseanautomobilekitanditemsfrom @ carhobby,race,andcollectibleshops. )y    ` Thetrialcourtrevokedprobationineachcaseandorderedthedefendanttoservehis K originaleightyearsentence.Onappeal,thedefendantclaimsthatthetrialcourtabusedits 4 discretioninorderingthattheoriginalsentencesbeservedinthepenitentiary.Hearguesthatthe  proofshowedthathewasimmatureinhishandlingofmoneyandthatincarcerationisnotwarranted.     ` Thestandardofreviewuponappealofanorderrevokingprobationistheabuseof  discretionstandard.Statev.Harkins,811S.W.2d79,82(Tenn.1991).Foranabuseofdiscretion q tooccur,thereviewingcourtmustfindthattherecordcontainsnosubstantialevidencetosupport Z theconclusionofthetrialjudgethataviolationofthetermsofprobationhasoccurred.Id.at82; C Statev.Delp,614S.W.2d395,398(Tenn.Crim.App.1980).Thetrialcourtisrequiredonlytofind ,| thattheviolationofprobationoccurredbyapreponderanceoftheevidence.Tenn.CodeAnn. e 40-35-311(e)(2003).Uponfindingaviolation,thetrialcourtisvestedwiththestatutoryauthority N to revokeprobationandsuspensionofsentenceandcausethedefendanttocommencetheexecution  7 ofthejudgmentasoriginallyentered.Id.Furthermore,whenprobationisrevoked, theoriginal !   judgmentsorenderedbythetrialjudgeshallbeinfullforceandeffectfromthedateofthe " ! revocationofsuchsuspension.Id.40-35-310(2003).Thetrialjudgeretainsthediscretionary #" authoritytoorderthedefendanttoservetheoriginalsentence.SeeStatev.Duke,902S.W.2d424, $# 427(Tenn.Crim.App.1995). t% $    ` Althoughthetrialcourtdidnotelaborateaboutitsreasonsfororderingthedefendant F'"& toservetheeightyearsentenceintheDepartmentofCorrection,therecordamplysupportsthat /(#' decision.Withinanapproximateonemonthperiod,thedefendantwrotebadcheckstotalingover )h$( $30,000tobuythreenew fourwheelersandrelatedequipment.Afterhebargainedforprobation, *Q%) hepleadedguilty,wasplacedonprobation,andwasallowedtobesupervisedinNewHampshire. *:&* There,withinfourteenmonthsofbeingplacedonprobationinTennessee,thedefendantcommitted +#'+ astringofsimilarcrimesinNewHampshire.Heusednonexistentfundstopurchaseseveral  thousanddollarsworthofnoveltyitemsthatwerebynomeansnecessitiesandwereunrelatedto  householdmaintenance.Inourview,hereceivedthelargessofprobationinthefirstinstance,  despitehavingpassedboguscheckstotalingahugeamountofmoney,andherespondedby k continuingtooffendinanotherstate.Notonlydoestherecordrevealthatthetrialcourtacted T withinitsdiscretioninorderingconfinement,butitfairlyconvincesusthatanythingbutsuchan =  orderwouldmockoftheremedyofprobation. & v    ` Accordingly,thejudgementsareaffirmed.  H Ѐ   `     h     ___________________________________      `     h     JAMESCURWOODWITT,JR.,JUDGE