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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CHARLES C. ROBERTS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 7, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Eric M. Lutton, District Public Defender, and Jonathan Harwell, Assistant District Public Defender (on appeal); and Joseph Sandford, Keith Lowe, and Megan Newman, Assistant District Public Defenders (at plea and sentencing), for the appellant, Charles C. Roberts.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Abigail H. Hornsby, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Robert DeBusk, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

The Defendant, Charles C. Roberts, pled guilty to burglary of an automobile. The plea agreement provided that the Defendant would be sentenced to a term of six years, aligned consecutively to a previous case, with the trial court to determine the manner in which the sentence would be served. After an initial hearing, the trial court ordered the Defendant not to have contact with a third party and reset the resolution. After the State alleged that the Defendant violated the no-contact order, the court sentenced him to serve the sentence in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant argues that (1) he did not violate the terms of the order; but (2) even if he did, the trial court abused its discretion in ordering a sentence of confinement based upon this circumstance. Upon our review, we respectfully disagree and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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