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XXXX  TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'Tr*<,(j 8` `@E` 8ttxP  rߛ@  INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @FF'ATNASHVILLE@$AUGUST1998SESSIONSTATEOFTENNESSEE, @-)  ` @-) p NO.01C019710CR00498   L   ` Appellee,@-)  8  @-) p DAVIDSONCOUNTY     VS. @-)   @-) p HON.CHERYLBLACKBURN,   MICHAELW.ORMAN, @-) p JUDGE    @-) ` Appellant  @-) p (Sentencing) d (  @(#(#( FORTHEAPPELLANT: L THOMASF.BLOOM 500ChurchStreet,5thFloor  Nashville,Tennessee37219   FORTHEAPPELLEE: L JOHNKNOXWALKUP  $ AttorneyGeneralandReporter TIMOTHYBEHAN   AssistantAttorneyGeneral̜CordellHullBuilding,2ndFloor425FifthAvenueNorthNashville,TN372430493 VICTORS.JOHNSONIII   F$ DistrictAttorneyGeneral ROGERD.MOORE  #' AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneralWashingtonSquareSuite500222SecondAvenueNorthNashville,Tennessee370211649 L'"+ (  @( OPINIONFILED:򀀀 |.)1 AFFIRMEDJOEG.RILEY,JUDGE  62:  7_XXdXXd7@qq* OPINION    ` ThedefendantwasfoundguiltybyaDavidsonCountyjuryofburglaryandtheftofpropertyover$1,000.ThetrialcourtsentenceddefendanttoRangeIIsentencesofsixyearsoneachcountandorderedthemservedconsecutivelyforaneffectivetwelveyearsentence.Thedefendantcontendsthatthetrialcourterredinfindingandweighingtheenhancementandmitigatingfactorsandinorderingthesentencesservedconsecutivelyinsteadofconcurrently.Afterathoroughreviewoftherecord,weaffirmthesentenceasimposed.@- I  2  `  AtthetimeofsentencingdefendantwasselfemployedhavingstartedalawncarebusinessafterbeingreleasedfromatemporarypositionwithRandϜMcNallyPublishers.Fromthisincome,hesupportedonechildandthechildsmother.Heassertedthattheburglaryandtheftwereimpulsiveactsmotivatedbyadesiretoprovidenecessitiesforhisfamily;thatheplayedaminorroleinthecommissionoftheoffenses;andthatheacceptedfullresponsibilityforhisactions.Hispriorcriminalrecordincludedfourfelonyandatleasttwomisdemeanorconvictionsdatingbackto1989.Thedefendantwasstillonprobationforoneofthefelonyconvictionsatthetimeofcommissionofthepresentoffense. ` Thestateessentiallyarguedthatthereshouldbenomitigationofthedefendantssentenceinlightofdefendantshistoryofcriminalconvictionsandbehaviorincombinationwithahistoryofnoncompliancewithconditionsforreleaseinthecommunity. ` ThetrialcourtcorrectlynotedthatT.C.A.4035210directstrialjudgestoconsider:(1)evidenceatthetrialandthesentencinghearing;(2)thepresentencereportandaddendums;(3)principlesofsentencing;(3)arguments;(4)thenatureandcharacteristicsofthecrime;(5)anyenhancingormitigatingfactors;and(6)thestatementofthedefendant. ` Ineachcountthecourtfoundfourstatutoryenhancementfactorsapplicabletothedefendant:(1)aprevioushistoryofcriminalconvictionsorbehaviorin 8.4: additiontothosenecessarytoestablishtheappropriaterange;(2)hewasaleaderinthecommissionofanoffenseinvolvingtwoormoreactors;(8)aprevioushistoryofunwillingnesstocomplywiththeconditionsofasentenceinvolvingreleaseinthecommunity;and(13)hewasonprobationwhentheeventsofthiscaseoccurred.SeeT.C.A.4035114.Thecourtgaveverylittleweighttofactornumber(2).  0  ` Ineachcountthecourtthenconsideredthefollowingmitigatingfactors:(1)defendantsconductneithercausednorthreatenedseriousbodilyinjury;and(13)defendanthadlettersofsupportfromcustomersinhisbusinessandthetestimonyofhissonsmotherregardinghisexemplarybehaviortowardhisson.SeeT.C.A. d 4035113.Thecourtgavelittleweighttofactornumber(13).Thecourtspecificallynoteditsrejectionofothermitigatingfactorsbasedontheproofanddefendantstestimonyatsentencing. ` Basedonthesefindings,thecourtenhancedthesentencetoeightyearsandmitigateditbackdowntosixyearsineachcount,thusimposingamidrangesentenceforeachconviction. ` @, II  x!   ` Ourreviewofthesentenceimposedbythetrialcourtisdenovo,witha P#" presumptionthatthedeterminationsofthetrialcourtarecorrect.T.C.A.4035401(d)(1990);X)XXX ԀStatev.Byrd,861S.W.2d377,379(Tenn.Crim.App.1993).#X XXX)f#X)XXX ԀThe &8"& presumptionofcorrectnesswhichattachestothetrialcourt'sactionisconditioneduponanaffirmativeshowingintherecordthatthetrialcourtconsideredthesentencingprinciplesandallrelevantfactsandcircumstances.Statev.Ashby,823 ,', S.W.2d166,169(Tenn1991).#X XXX)# l.). @, III  2h-2  ` Intheinstantcase,itisabsolutelyclearfromtherecordthatthetrialjudgeproperlyconsideredallappropriatesentencingprinciplesandrelevantfactsandcircumstances.Withsuchanaffirmativeshowing,thepresumptionofcorrectnessattachestothetrialcourtsdeterminations. T94:  ` Inreviewingtherecorddenovowiththeattachedpresumption,thisCourt  findsthatthetrialcourtproperlyappliedbothenhancementandmitigatingfactorsandproperlyevaluatedtherelevantfactsandcircumstancesinconjunctionwiththesentencingprinciples.Accordingly,thiscourtwillnotdisturbthesixyearsentencesreceivedbythedefendant.@, IV  |   `  Initsdeterminationthatthesentencesimposedshouldbeservedconsecutively,thetrialcourtmadespecificfindingsthatthedefendantscriminalactivitywasextensive,seeT.C.A.4035115(b)(2);andthatthecurrentoffenses < werecommittedwhilethedefendantwasonprobationforafelony.SeeT.C.A.   4035115(b)(6).ThetrialcourtwentontoexaminethecaseinlightofStatev.  Wilkerson,905S.W.2d933(Tenn.1995).Indoingso,itfoundtheaggregateterm X oftwelveyearsreasonablyrelatedtotheseverityoftheoffensesandwasnecessarytoprotectthepublicfromfurthercriminalconductbythedefendant.Thesentenceswereorderedservedconsecutively. ` Acourtmayordersentencestorunconsecutivelyifthecourtfindsbyapreponderanceoftheevidencethatthedefendantisanoffenderwhoserecordofcriminalactivityisextensive,orthedefendantissentencedforanoffensecommittedwhileonprobation.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035115(b)(2),(6);seealso &<"& Statev.Black,924S.W.2d912(Tenn.Crim.App.1995).Furthermore,thecourt ( $( isrequiredtodeterminewhethertheconsecutivesentences(1)arereasonablyrelatedtotheseverityoftheoffensescommitted;(2)servetoprotectthepublicfromfurthercriminalconductbytheoffender;and(3)arecongruentwithgeneralprinciplesofsentencing.Statev.Wilkerson,905S.W.2dat939. /<+0  ` Asnotedpreviously,thetrialcourtproperlyexaminedthesentencingstatutesandsentencingprinciples.Thus,itsdeterminationsareentitledtoapresumptionofcorrectness.Theimpositionofconsecutivesentencesunderthesecircumstancesisproper. `  884: @xx( CONCLUSION    ` Thisisaclassiccaseofatrialjudgedoingexactlywhatshewassupposedtodo.Athoroughconsiderationofapplicablestatutes,principles,andrelevantfactsandcircumstanceswasmadeinthecourseofmakingthefindingsthatledtotheimpositionofthesentence.Thefindingsofthetrialjudgeareexemplaryandshouldserveasamodel.Thisdecisionisentitledtoapresumptionofcorrectness;wewillnotdisturbit. ` Weaffirmthetrialcourtsimpositionofsixyearsentencesforburglaryandtheft.Weaffirmthetrialcourtsorderthatthesesentencesrunconsecutivetooneanother. `     h      p ____________________________ `     h      p JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE    CONCUR: T  ____________________________   JOSEPHM.TIPTON ____________________________  ^$# THOMAST.WOODALL