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NormaMcGeeOgle,J.# sj X# XX. sj,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichThomasT._Woodall_and  RobertW._Wedemeyer_,JJ.,joined. j #bdddCliffordK._McGown_,Jr.,_Waverly_,Tennessee(onappeal);GaryF._Antrican_,DistrictPublicDefender; 6 #ddbdand_Rickey_ԀWilliamGriggs,AssistantDistrictPublicDefender(athearingandonappeal),forthe l appellant,ClayA.Thompson. R PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;J.RossDyer,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;  ElizabethT.Rice,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andJerryW.Norwood,AssistantDistrictAttorney  General,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee.   OPINION # sjX XG# XX sj f!!   # sjX Xp #   XX sj  OnSeptember19,2001,whiledrivingin_McNairy_ԀCounty,theappellantwasstoppedby 2## policeofficersinconnectionwithanunrelatedinvestigation.Theofficersdiscoveredthatthe $h$ vehicledrivenbytheappellanthadbeenreportedstolen.Theappellantsubsequentlypledguiltyto $N % theftofpropertyover$1,000,aClassDfelony,asaRangeIImultipleoffenderwiththelengthand %4!& mannerofserviceofthesentencetobedeterminedbythetrialcourt.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.39 &"' 14103,105(3)(2003). '#(   I.SENTENCINGHEARING  |)$*     Atthesentencinghearing,theStatesubmittedtheappellants_presentence_Ԁreportandnoted H+&, theappellantspriorfelonyconvictionsuponwhichitreliedforRangeIIsentencing.The .,~'-  _presentence_Ԁreportreflectedthattheappellanthadthirtyninepriormisdemeanorconvictionsand -d(. _five#cdddpriorfelonyconvictions.Manyoftheoffenseswerecommittedwhiletheappellantwason  probation#ddcdforotheroffenses.Theappellantpresentednoproof.     Insentencingtheappellant,thetrialcourtappliedenhancementfactor(2), [theappellant] b hasaprevioushistoryofcriminalconvictionsorcriminalbehaviorinadditiontothosenecessary H toestablishtheappropriaterange,andenhancementfactor(9), [theappellant]hasaprevious . ~ historyofunwillingnesstocomplywiththeconditionsofasentenceinvolvingreleaseinthe  d community.#cdddTenn.CodeAnn.4035114(2),(9)(2003).Thetrialcourtalsoappliedmitigating  J #adcdfactor(1), [theappellants]criminalconductneithercausednorthreatenedseriousbodilyinjury,and  0 mitigating#ddadfactor(13),anyotherfactorconsistentwithsentencingprinciples,baseduponthe    appellantsadmissionofguilt.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035113(1),(13)(2003).Thetrialcourt    determinedthattheapplicableenhancementfactorsoutweighedthemitigatingfactorsandsentenced   theappellantasaRangeIImultipleoffendertosevenyearsinconfinement. x    II.STANDARDOFREVIEW  D      Whenanappellantchallengesthelength,range,ormannerofserviceofasentence,itisthe ` dutyofthiscourttoconductadenovoreviewoftherecordwithapresumptionthatthetrialcourts F determinationsarecorrect.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035401(d)(2003).However,thispresumption , ofcorrectnessisconditionedupontheaffirmativeshowingintherecordthatthetrialcourt  consideredthesentencingprinciplesandallrelevantfactsandcircumstances.Statev.Pettus,986  S.W.2d540,54344(Tenn.1999).XەXX XTheburdenisontheappellanttoshowthatthesentenceis  improper.# XXXXەx#Tenn.CodeAnn.4035401,SentencingCommissionComments;Statev.Ashby,823 x S.W.2d166,169(Tenn.1991). b   III.LENGTHOFSENTENCE  .~     Theappellantcontendsthelengthofhissentenceisexcessive.Wedisagree. J   Weconcludethatthetrialcourtproperlyappliedenhancementfactor(2)inthattheappellant  hasaprevioushistoryofcriminalconvictionsbeyondthosenecessarytoestablishhisstatusasa  RangeIImultipleoffender,consideringhisfortyfourpriorconvictions.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.40   35114(2).Thepresentencereportalsoreflectsthattheappellanthadbeenplacedonprobationfor x!  severaloftheseconvictions,yethecontinuedtocommitothercriminaloffenseswhileonprobation. ^"! Therefore,thetrialcourtproperlyappliedenhancementfactor(9)duetotheappellantsprevious D#" historyofunwillingnesstocomplywithsentencingconditionsinvolvingreleaseintothecommunity. *$z# SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035114(9). %` $   Theappellantfurthercontendsthatthetrialcourtimproperlyweighedtheapplicable &,"& enhancingandmitigatingfactorsindeterminingthelengthofhissentence.Theweightgivento '#' eachenhancementormitigatingfactoriswithinthediscretionofthetrialcourt,assumingthetrial (#( courthascompliedwiththepurposesandprinciplesofthesentencingactanditsfindingsare )$) supportedbytherecord.Statev.Madden,99S.W.3d127,138(Tenn.Crim.App.2002).We t*%* discernnoerrorhere. Z+&+ _ @,', W e     Theappellantpledguiltytotheftofpropertyover$1,000,aClassDfelony.Tenn.Code  Ann.3914103,105(3).AsaRangeIImultipleoffender,theappellantwassubjecttoa  sentencingrangeoffourtoeightyearswithapresumptivesentenceoffouryears.Tenn.CodeAnn. | 4035112(b)(4),210_(c_)(2003).Intheinstantcase,thetrialcourtdeterminedthattheapplicable b enhancementfactorsoutweighedtheapplicablemitigatingfactorsandimposedasevenyear H sentence.Baseduponthegreatweightaffordedenhancementfactors(2)and(9),weconclude, . ~ withoutquestion,thatthetrialcourtdidnotabuseitsdiscretioninimposingthesevenyearsentence.  d   IV.ALTERNATIVESENTENCING   0     Theappellantcontendsthatthetrialcourterredindenyingcommunitycorrectionsand    imposingconfinement.However,theappellantsonlyargumentregardingtheappropriatenessof   communitycorrectionsis thenonviolentnatureof[his]crime,andthecurrentconditionofthe x  TennesseeDepartmentofCorrection.Moreover,theappellantfailedtocitetoanyauthorityin ^  supportofthisargument.Therefore,thisissueiswaived.SeeTenn.Ct._Crim_.App.R.10(b);Tenn. D  R.App.P.27(a)(7).Regardless,inviewoftheappellantsextensivecriminalhistoryandthefailure *z  ofpastalternativesentencestocurbtheappellantscriminalbehavior,thetrialcourtproperlydenied ` communitycorrections.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035103(1)(A),_(C_)(2003). F    Accordingly,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.       `     h     ____________________________________ @    `     h     NORMAMCGEEOGLE,JUDGE