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( Mark_Toohey_,Kingsport,Tennessee,fortheappellant,CharlesUnderwood.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;ElizabethT.Ryan,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;  GreeleyWells,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andTeresaMurraySmith,AssistantDistrictAttorney t General,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. ` @@OO& MEMORANDUMOPINION #MXXS#XSXM $"t!   #MXXS #XSXM   `     h       OnNovember1,2000,theDefendantwasconvictedoffailuretoappearonamisdemeanor $8 $ charge,aClassAmisdemeanor.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.3916609(d).Hewasalsoconvictedof %$!% attemptedforgery,aClassAmisdemeanor.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.3914114;Tenn.CodeAnn. &"& 3912107(a).Fortheseconvictions,theDefendantwassentencedtoconsecutivetermsofeleven '"' monthsandtwentyninedayseach.Hissentencesweresuspendedandhewasplacedonprobation. (#( Heapparentlysuccessfullycompletedoneofhisprobationaryterms,howeverhewasfoundtobe )$) inviolationofprobationwhileservinghissecondsuspendedsentence.Thetrialcourtagainplaced p*%* himonprobationforelevenmonthsandtwentyninedays. \+&+   H,', _  Thereafter,aprobationviolationwarrantwasissuedonSeptember9,2002,chargingthatthe   Defendantviolatedthetermsofhisprobationbytestingpositivefortheuseofmarijuana.On  November18,2002,anadditionalviolationwarrantwasissuedallegingtwoadditionaldrugscreens  hadeachtestedpositiveforbothmarijuanaandcocaine.OnSeptember9,2003,stillanother t violationwarrantwasfiledallegingthatadrugscreenhadagaintestedpositiveformarijuanaand ` cocaine.ThiswarrantalsoallegedthattheDefendanthadfailedtoreporttohisprobationofficer L  asinstructed,hadfailedtopayhissupervisoryfeesandhadfailedtomakerestitutionasordered. 8    AprobationrevocationhearingwasconductedbythetrialcourtonNovember10,2003.At  ` theconclusionofthehearing,thetrialcourtfoundthattheDefendanthadviolatedthetermsofhis  L  probation notbyjustapreponderanceoftheevidencebutbeyondareasonabledoubt.Thetrial  8  courtsubsequentlyorderedtheDefendanttoservehissentenceofelevenmonthsandtwentynine $  daysinconfinement.ItisfromthisorderthattheDefendantappeals.Onappeal,theDefendant   arguesthatthetrialcourtabuseditsdiscretionbyorderinghimtoservehissentenceinconfinement   ratherthanallowinghimtoremainonprobation.Wedisagree.    XSXXXS  Atrialjudgeisvestedwiththediscretionaryauthoritytorevokeprobationifapreponderance p oftheevidenceestablishesthatadefendantviolatedtheconditionsofhisorherprobation.See \ Tenn.CodeAnn.4035310,311(e);Statev.Shaffer,45S.W.3d553,554(Tenn.2001). The H proofofaprobationviolationneednotbeestablishedbeyondareasonabledoubt,butitissufficient 4 ifitallowsthetrialjudgetomakeaconscientiousandintelligentjudgment.Statev.Harkins,811  p S.W.2d79,82(Tenn.1991).  \   Whenaprobationrevocationischallenged,theappellatecourtshavealimitedscopeof 4 review.ThisCourtwillnotoverturnatrialcourtsrevocationofadefendantsprobationabsentan   abuseofdiscretion.SeeShaffer,45S.W.3dat554.Foranappellatecourttobewarrantedinfinding   thatatrialjudgeabusedhisorherdiscretionbyrevokingprobation, theremustbenosubstantial  evidencetosupporttheconclusionofthetrialcourtthataviolationoftheconditionsofprobation  hasoccurred.Id.#XSXX XS#    Theevidencecontainedintherecordclearlysupportsthetrialjudgesfindingthatthe X  Defendantviolatedtheconditionsofhisprobationandfurthersupportsthetrialjudgesconclusion D! thatbecauseoftheviolation,probationshouldberevoked.Theorderwasenteredinaproceeding 0"  beforethetrialjudgewithoutajury,suchactionisnotadeterminationofguilt,andtheevidence #l! doesnotpreponderateagainstthefindingsofthetrialjudge.Noerroroflawrequiringareversalof $X" thejudgmentoractionisapparentontherecord.Wefurtherconcludethatthetrialcourtneither $D # errednorabusedherdiscretioninrevokingtheDefendantsprobationandorderingthathissentence %0!$ beservedinconfinement.ThejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmedinaccordancewithRule20 &"% oftheRulesoftheTennesseeCourtofCriminalAppeals. '#&    `     h     ___________________________________ |*%)    `     h     DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE