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( PhilipA._Condra_,Jasper,Tennessee,fortheAppellant,NelsonEdward_Meeks_.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneral&Reporter;MarkA._Fulks_,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;James  MichaelTaylor,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andSherryGouger,AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral, t fortheAppellee,StateofTennessee. ` '@@OO& OPINION #G]XXV#XXG] 8!  #G]XX #  XXG]UXXXX   ` Followingthedefendantsjurytrialandresultantconvictions,thecourthelda #`" separatesentencinghearing.Thestatepresentedevidencethatthedefendanthadnumerous,prior #L# alcoholrelatedconvictions,includingatleastsixpriordrivingundertheinfluenceconvictionsand $8 $ threepublicintoxicationconvictions.Thecourtcharacterizedthedefendantspriorcriminalhistory %$!% as aterrible,terriblerecordandstatedthatitwasdisinclinedto justignore...oneoftheworse &"& [sic]recordsIveeverseenofthiskindofoffense.Thecourtimposedanelevenmonth,29dayjail '"' sentenceforthe_DUI_Ԁconvictionandorderedthatjailservicewouldbereducedonlybybehavioral (#( creditsearnedandretained.Fortheothertwoconvictions,thecourtimposedsixmonthsentences )$) tobeservedinthecountyjail.Allthreesentencesweretobeservedconcurrently. p*%*G _ԇ   ` Beforethiscourt,thedefendantcomplainsthatthelowercourtfailedtoentertainthe  appropriatestatutoryprinciplesandconsiderationsandthatthesentenceultimatelyimposedisnot  alawfuloneinthatitdidnotspecifyapercentageofserviceofthesentenceagainstwhichsentence  reductioncreditscouldbeapplied. t    ` Inmisdemeanorsentencing,thesentencingcourtisaffordedconsiderablelatitude. L  See,e.g.,Statev.Johnson,15S.W.3d515,518(Tenn.Crim.App.1999),perm.app.denied(Tenn. 8  2000).Aseparatesentencinghearingisnotmandatoryinmisdemeanorcases,butthecourtis $ t requiredtoprovidethedefendantwithareasonableopportunitytobeheardastothelengthand  ` mannerofthesentence.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.40-35-302(a)(Supp.2001).Misdemeanorsentences  L  mustbespecificandinaccordancewiththeprinciples,purpose,andgoalsoftheCriminal  8  SentencingReformActof1989.Tenn.CodeAnn.40-35-104(1997),4035302(Supp.2001); $  Statev.Palmer,902S.W.2d391,393(Tenn.1995).Themisdemeanoroffendermustbesentenced   toanauthorizeddeterminantsentencewithapercentageofthatsentencedesignatedforeligibility   forrehabilitativeprograms.Generally,apercentageofnotgreaterthan75percentofthesentence   shouldbefixedforamisdemeanoroffender;however,aDUIoffendermayberequiredtoserve100   percentofhissentence.Palmer,902S.W.2dat393-94.Aconvictedmisdemeanant,unlikea p convictedClassB,C,D,orEfelon,hasnopresumptionofentitlementtoaminimumsentence. \ Statev.Baker,966S.W.2d429,434(Tenn.Crim.App.1997);Statev.Creasy,885S.W.2d829,832 H (Tenn.Crim.App.1994).Themisdemeanorsentencingstatuterequiresthatthetrialcourtconsider 4 theenhancementandmitigatingfactorswhencalculatingthepercentageofthesentencetobeserved  p "inactualconfinement"priorto"considerationforworkrelease,furlough,trustystatusandrelated  \ rehabilitativeprograms."Tenn.CodeAnn.40-35-302(d)(Supp.2001);Statev.Troutman,979 H S.W.2d271,274(Tenn.1998). 4    ` Thedefendantinthiscasetakesissuewiththetrialcourtsdeterminationthatthe   defendantmustservehisentiresentenceinjail,tobereducedonlybysentencingcreditsearnedand  retainedandsuggeststhatthecourtfailedtogiveproperconsiderationtotherelevantstatutory  principlesandconsiderationsrelativetosentencing.Healsocomplainsthatthesentenceas  structuredisnotauthorizedbylaw. l    ` Webeginwithanassessmentoftheadequacyofthelowercourtsrelianceonand D! recitationofstatutoryprinciplesandconsiderationsofsentencing.Thedefendantpointsoutthat 0"  thelowercourtdidnotmakedetailed,specificfindings.However,asentencingcourtisnotrequired #l! todosoinamisdemeanorcase.Statev.Russell,10S.W.3d270,278(Tenn.Crim.App.1999). $X" Moreover,thecourtstatedontherecordthatithadconsideredtheappropriatestatutorymattersin $D # reachingitsdetermination.Thecourtspecificallynotedthatduetothedefendantsabysmalprior %0!$ criminalrecordofalcoholrelatedoffensesoveraperiodofmanyyears, [h]efallsintoalmost &"% everyone[sic]ofthoseconsiderationsforpurposesof...incarcerationversusrelease....On '#& appeal,thedefendanthasnotdemonstratederrorinthelowercourtsfindinginthisregard. (#'    ` Withrespecttotheportionofthesentencetobeservedinconfinement,thedefendant |*%) concedesthattherecordsupportsasentenceabovethestatutoryminimumof120daysconfinement h+&* forthirdoffenseDUI.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.5510403(a)(1)(Supp.2001).Wewholeheartedly  agree.Itbearsrepeatingthatevenabsenttheegregiousfactualbackgroundregardingthedefendants  priorcriminalhistory,thedefendantisnotentitledtothepresumptionofentitlementtoaminimum  sentence.Baker,966S.W.2dat434;Creasy,885S.W.2dat832.Moreover,thisisclearlyacase t inwhichthedefendanthasexhibitedoverasustainedperiodoftimethathehasnoregardforthe ` rulesoftheroadvisavisdrunkendriving,despitepriorconvictionsandsentencesforDUI. L     ` Wewillnowconsiderthedefendantssomewhatabstruseargumentthatthesentence $ t imposedisillegal.Hisbriefdevotesoneshortparagraphtothisargument.Init,hesays  ` 8  T.C.A.4121236(f)(4)requirestheCourttofixapercentagethemisdemeanantshall  8  servebeforereleaseandthemaximumreductionforsentencecreditstobeapplied $  tothepercentagecannotexceed25%.Anorderrequiringserviceofthefull11   months29daysreducedonlybybehaviorcreditsis,therefore,asentencenot   authorizedbylaw.    WebeginbynotingthatthereisnothingperseillegalaboutaDUIsentencewhichmandates100 p percentconfinement.SeePalmer,902S.W.2dat393-94.Moreover,thetrialcourtsfailureto \ expressthelengthofconfinementinapercentagebasisisnotfatalwheretheintendedtermof H confinementisotherwiseexpressedindays,suchasitishere.SeeStatev.VanRayMcCracken,No. 4 E20001762CCAR3CD,slipop.at7(Tenn.Crim.App.,Knoxville,July19,2001)(noting  p incongruityinsentencingstatutesrequirementthatperiodofconfinementbeexpressedin  \ percentageterms,whereasDUIstatuteexpressesmandatoryminimumtermsofconfinementin H numbersofhoursordays).Thelowercourt,ineffect,orderedthatthedefendantserve100percent 4 S#s  S#XXXUXK #Ԁofhissentenceinconfinement,whichtermcouldbereducedbysentencereductioncreditsearned #s andretained.UnderCodesection4121236(f)(4),thedefendantmayacceleratehisreleasebyas _ muchas25percentoftheentiresentenceviautilizationofsuchcredits.Wefailtofathomhowthis K sentencerunsafoulofthelaw. 7    ` Thus,weaffirmthelowercourtsrulingthatthedefendantservehisentiresentence e  injailconfinement. Q!    `     h     ___________________________________ %^ !    `     h     JAMESCURWOODWITT,JR.,JUDGE