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INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @%ATJACKSON# ! #Ԉ #    @  @` AssignedonBriefsOctober7,2003 F XX  # XX#STATEOFTENNESSEEv.DOMINICO.WOODSXX   ? @@ DirectAppealfromtheCircuitCourtfor_Hardin_ԀCounty  9 @@No.8171C.Creed_McGinley_,Judge  # @@*AV) ` dE<` A   @@TTNo.W200300029CCAR3CDFiledDecember11,_2003_   AV) ` dE<]` A ^     Thedefendantcontendsonappealthatthetrialcourterredindenyingalternativesentencing.# XX#XX The V  defendantpledguiltytopossessionofcrackcocaine(ScheduleIIcontrolledsubstance)withintent ? tosell(ClassBfelony).Heagreedtoaneightyearsentence,withthemannerofservicetobe (x determinedatasentencinghearing.Thetrialcourtorderedthesentencetobeservedinthe a TennesseeDepartmentofCorrection,basedonthedefendantspriorcriminalrecordandhisinability J toreformhisconduct.# XX#XX Thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.# XX#XX  3  Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCircuitCourtAffirmed     # XF#XX. JohnEverettWilliams,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJamesCurwoodWitt,  Jr.andNormaMcGeeOgle,JJ.,joined. q _Chadwick_ԀG.Hunt,Savannah,Tennessee,fortheappellant,DominicO.Woods. C PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;ThomasE.Williams,III,AssistantAttorney e General;G.Robert_Radford_,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andJohnW._Overton_,ChiefDeputyDistrict N Attorney,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee.  7  @@OO& OPINION # XX& #XX  " " # XX> #  XX   Thedefendant,DominicO.Woods,pledguiltytopossessionofover.5gramsofcrack $$ cocaine(ScheduleIIcontrolledsubstance)withintenttosell(ClassBfelony).Heagreedtoa u% % sentenceofeightyearsasastandardoffender,withthemannerofservicetobedeterminedbythe ^&!& trialcourt.Followingasentencinghearing,thetrialcourtdeniedthedefendantanyformof G'"' alternativesentencingandorderedthesentencetobeservedintheTennesseeDepartmentof 0(#( Correction.Thisappealtimelyfollowed.Thedefendantcontendsonappealthatthetrialcourterred )i$) indenyingalternativesentencing.Thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed. *R%*    Facts -(. Ї     Thefollowingfactualaccountistakenfromthe_presentence_Ԁreport.Thedefendantwasa  passengerinavehiclethatpoliceofficersattemptedtostop. Thevehiclefled,andtheofficers  pursued.Duringtheattempttostopthevehicle,thedefendantwasthrowingcrackcocaineoutthe  doorofthevehicle.Someofthecrackcocainefellontothefloorboardofthevehicle.Theofficers n eventuallyapprehendedthesuspects.Inadditiontothecocainefoundonthefloor,thedefendants W mouthwasfullofmarijuana. @     Analysis  b   X XXX    Thedefendantcontendsonappealthatthetrialcourterredindenyinghimalternative  5  sentencing.ThisCourtsreviewofthesentenceimposedbythetrialcourtisdenovowitha    presumptionofcorrectness.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035401(d).Thispresumptionisconditioned   uponanaffirmativeshowingintherecordthatthetrialjudgeconsideredthesentencingprinciples   andallrelevantfactsandcircumstances.Statev._Pettus_,986S.W.2d540,543(Tenn.1999).Ifthe   trialcourtfailstocomplywiththestatutorydirectives,thereisnopresumptionofcorrectnessand r  ourreviewisdenovo.Statev.Poole,945S.W.2d93,96(Tenn.1997). [    Theburdenisupontheappealingpartytoshowthatthesentenceisimproper.Tenn.Code -} Ann.4035401(d),SentencingCommissionComments.Inconductingourreview,weare f required,pursuanttoTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4035210,toconsiderthefollowing O factorsinsentencing: 8 8  8`   (1)[_t]he_Ԁevidence,ifany,receivedatthetrialandthesentencing ! hearing;(2)[_t]he_Ԁ_presentence_Ԁreport;(3)[_t]he_Ԁprinciplesof   sentencingandargumentsastosentencingalternatives;(4)[_t]he_  natureandcharacteristicsofthecriminalconductinvolved;(5)  [_e]vidence_Ԁandinformationofferedbythepartiesontheenhancement u andmitigatingfactorsin4035113and4035114;and(6)[_a]ny_ ^ statementthedefendantwishestomakeinthedefendantsown G behalfaboutsentencing.0` x` x   _#XX X X# X XXX__In_Ԁdeterminingifincarcerationisappropriate,atrialcourtshouldconsidertheneedtoprotect  R societybyrestrainingadefendanthavingalonghistoryofcriminalconduct,theneedtoavoid  ; depreciatingtheseriousnessoftheoffense,whetherconfinementisparticularlyappropriateto !$  effectivelydeterotherslikelytocommitsimilaroffenses,andwhetherlessrestrictivemeasureshave " ! oftenorrecentlybeenunsuccessfullyappliedtothedefendant.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035103(1); #" seealsoStatev._Ashby_,823S.W.2d166,169(Tenn.1991). $#   AcourtmayalsoconsiderthemitigatingandenhancingfactorssetforthinTennesseeCode a&!% Annotatedsections4035113and114astheyarerelevanttothesection4035103considerations. J'"& Tenn.CodeAnn.4035210(b)(5);Statev.Boston,938S.W.2d435,438(Tenn.Crim.App.1996). 3(#' Additionally,acourtshouldconsiderthedefendantspotentialorlackofpotentialforrehabilitation )l$( whendeterminingifanalternativesentencewouldbeappropriate.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035103(5); *U%) Boston,938S.W.2dat438. *>&*  +''+   UndertheCriminalSentencingReformActof1989,trialjudgesareencouragedtouse  alternativestoincarceration.AnespeciallymitigatedorstandardoffenderconvictedofaClassC,  D,orEfelonyispresumedtobeafavorablecandidateforalternativesentencingoptionsinthe  absenceofevidencetothecontrary.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035102(6).#XX X X# X XXXWithcertainstatutory k exceptions,probationmustbeautomaticallyconsideredbythetrialcourtifthesentenceimposed T iseightyearsorless.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035303(b).#XX X X՟## X XXXԀIndeterminingwhethertograntordeny =  probation,atrialcourtshouldconsiderthecircumstancesoftheoffense,thedefendantscriminal & v record,thedefendantssocialhistoryandpresentcondition,theneedfordeterrence,andthebest  _ interestofthedefendantandthepublic.Statev.Grear,568S.W.2d285,286(Tenn.1978);State  H v.Boyd,925S.W.2d237,244(Tenn._Crim_.App.1995).Thedefendantslackofcredibilityisalso  1  anappropriateconsiderationandreflectsonadefendantspotentialforrehabilitation.Statev.    _Nunley_,22S.W.3d282,289(Tenn._Crim_.App.1999).#XX X Xս$# X XXX     Thereisnomathematicalequationtobeutilizedindeterminingsentencingalternatives.Not   onlyshouldthesentencefittheoffense,butitshouldfittheoffenderaswell.Tenn.CodeAnn. n  4035103(2);Statev._Batey_,35S.W.3d585,58889(Tenn._Crim_.App.2000).Indeed, W  individualizedpunishmentistheessenceofalternativesentencing.Statev.Dowdy,894S.W.2d @ 301,305(Tenn._Crim_.App.1994).Insummary,sentencingmustbedeterminedonacasebycase )y basis,tailoringeachsentencetothatparticulardefendantbaseduponthefactsofthatcaseandthe b circumstancesofthatdefendant.Statev.Moss,727S.W.2d229,235(Tenn.1986).#XX X XD(# K   ThetrialcourtorderedthedefendantssentencetobeservedintheTennesseeDepartment  ofCorrection.Thedefendantconcedesthatheisnotentitledtothepresumptionthatheisa  favorablecandidateforalternativesentencing,becausehewasconvictedofaClassBfelony.The  trialcourtbaseditsjudgmentonthedefendantspriorcriminalrecordandhisinabilitytoreformhis  conduct.Thedefendanthasbeenconvictedoffourdrugoffensesincludingcasualexchange,simple q possession,andtwocountsoffelonycocainepossession.Thedefendantwasgivenprobationonthe Z misdemeanorcharges.Hewasalsosentencedtosixyearsofprobationonthefelonycocaine C possessioncharges.Hisprobationwasrevokedthefollowingyear.Hewasreleasedafewmonths ,| laterandplacedbackonprobation.Hethenabsconded.Thedefendantwasreturnedandagain e failedtoreport.Therecordsupportsthetrialcourtsdenialofalternativesentencing. N    Conclusion !      0  Basedontheforegoingandtherecordasawhole,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.#"(#(#    `     h     ___________________________________ H'"&    `     h     JOHNEVERETTWILLIAMS,JUDGE