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(x  Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed  P   #X]Ű#X]X.DavidH.Welles,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJosephM._Tipton_andJohn ( EverettWilliams,JJ.,joined.  _Ardena_ԀJ.Garth,PublicDefender,Chattanooga,Tennessee,fortheappellant,_Rawshard_ԀJ.Smith.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;MichaelMarkham,AssistantAttorneyGeneral; t BillCox,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andMarySullivanMoore,AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral, ` fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. L  @@OO& OPINION #XX]ź#X]X #`" #XX] #X]X    TheDefendantwasorderedtobeginservinghisthreeyearsentenceonintensiveprobation $8 $ on#XX]5 #X]XJanuary17,2002.OnAugust14,2002,aProbationViolationReportwasfiledagainstthe %$!% Defendant,allegingthathehadviolatedthetermsofhisprobationbybeingunemployed;notbeing &"& homeforcurfewchecks;reportingsporadicallytotheprobationoffice;beingpastdueinpayinghis '"' supervisionfees;andfailingtomakeanypaymentsonhisfine.OnMay19,2003,thetrialcourt (#( filedanorderdismissingtheReport [_f]or_Ԁgoodandsufficientreasons...andonmotionofthe )$) State.TheDefendantwasthereuponplacedbackonintensiveprobationforanadditionalsix p*%* months. \+&+   H,', _  OnSeptember25,2003,asecondProbationViolationReportwasfiledagainstthe   Defendant.AhearingwasheldonFebruary2,2004,atwhichMs.MildredTaylor,theDefendants  probationofficer,testified.Ms.TaylorstatedthattheDefendantwasnotathomeatcurfewchecks  andwasreporting sporadically.Ms.TaylortestifiedthatthelasttimetheDefendantreportedwas t onAugust12,2003.TheDefendantfurthergotfiredfromhisjob.TheDefendantsgirlfriendtold ` Ms.TaylorthattheDefendantwasnolongerlivingattheiraddress.Ms.Taylortestifiedthatshedid L  notthinktheDefendantwastakinghisprobationseriouslyandthat,inheropinion,theDefendant 8  wasnot suitedforprobation.Ms.TaylorrecommendedthattheDefendantsprobationberevoked $ t andhebesentintoconfinement.Oncrossexamination,Ms.TayloradmittedthattheDefendanthad  ` notbeenarrestedwhilehewasunderhersupervision,andpassedadrugscreen.  L    TheDefendantalsotestified.Hestatedthathehadnotusedanydrugsinoverayear.Hewas $  notathomeduringcurfewchecksbecausehewasfightingwithhisgirlfriend.Hehadacaraccident   inlateAugust,missedseveraldaysofwork,andlosthisjobasaresult.InNovember2003,after   theinstantReportwasfiled,hewasconvictedofcriminaltrespass.Hestatedthathewascharged   becausehecrossedaroadblock,butheneededtovisitasickaunt.TheDefendanttestifiedthat,if   hewasabletocontinuehisprobation,hewouldmoveinwithhisgrandmother. p   Afterhearingthistestimony,thetrialjudgeruledasfollows: H 8   ` Ifindthat[theDefendant]hasviolatedhisprobationinthefollowingways:  p Hemissedseveralcurfews.Whentheprobationofficerwenttohishomelisted,the  \ girlfriendtoldthemhehadmoved.[Theprobationofficer]hadnotreceivedany H newaddressonhim.IfindthathestoppedreportinginAugust03.Hestopped 4 goingtoworkandgotfiredfromhisjob.Thathehasnotpaidhisfinesandfeesas   requiredandthathehasanewcriminalconvictionforcriminaltrespassing.    8   ` Therefore,hisprobationisrevoked.   TheDefendantnowappeals,claimingthat therecorddoesnotcontainsufficientevidencetosupport l revocationofhisprobation. X  X]XXX]  Atrialjudgeisvestedwiththediscretionaryauthoritytorevokeprobationifapreponderance 0"  oftheevidenceestablishesthatadefendantviolatedtheconditionsofhisorherprobation.See #l! Tenn.CodeAnn.4035310,311(e);Statev.Shaffer,45S.W.3d553,554(Tenn.2001). The $X" proofofaprobationviolationneednotbeestablishedbeyondareasonabledoubt,butitissufficient $D # ifitallowsthetrialjudgetomakeaconscientiousandintelligentjudgment.Statev.Harkins,811 %0!$ S.W.2d79,82(Tenn.1991). &"%   Whenaprobationrevocationischallenged,theappellatecourtshavealimitedscopeof (#' review.ThisCourtwillnotoverturnatrialcourtsrevocationofadefendantsprobationabsentan )$( abuseofdiscretion.SeeShaffer,45S.W.3dat554.Foranappellatecourttobewarrantedinfinding |*%) thatatrialjudgeabusedhisorherdiscretionbyrevokingprobation, theremustbenosubstantial h+&* evidencetosupporttheconclusionofthetrialcourtthataviolationoftheconditionsofprobation  hasoccurred.Id.#X]XXX]#    TheDefendantscontentioniswithoutmerit.Therecordsupportsthetrialcourtsfindings t thattheDefendantviolatedthetermsofhisprobationinseveralrespects.Weconcludethatthetrial ` courtdidnotabuseitsdiscretioninorderingrevocationofprobationandorderingthatthebalance L  ofthesentencebeservedinconfinement. 8      Accordingly,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.    `    `     h   ___________________________________      `     h   DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE