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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ERIC JOSEPH MATHIS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 25, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Chelsea C. Moore, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Eric Joseph Mathis.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; George Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and William Bright, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

The Defendant, Eric Joseph Mathis, was sentenced to a sum of twenty years of supervised probation. After multiple probation violations, the trial court revoked the entirety of the Defendant’s probation and ordered him to serve the sentences in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in ordering the revocation of his probation because (1) he had treatable substance abuse issues and financial needs that would be better addressed outside of prison and (2) the trial court based its orders on the Defendant’s failure to pay restitution without conducting an ability-to-pay hearing. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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