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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. NICHOLAS CORNELIUS CONNER

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 22, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Brennan M. Wingerter, Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Director, Franklin, Tennessee (on appeal), and Jefre Goldtrap, Assistant Public Defender, Fayetteville, Tennessee (at revocation hearing), for the appellant, Nicholas Cornelius Conner.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; William C. Lundy, Assistant Attorney General; Robert J. Carter, District Attorney General; and Matt Goney, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Nicholas Cornelius Conner, pled guilty to one count of the sale of 0.5 grams or more of cocaine, a Schedule II drug. He received a nine-year community corrections sentence which was later transferred to probation. Thereafter, Defendant was arrested for new drug offenses. After a hearing, the trial court revoked Defendant’s probation and ordered him to serve his original sentence incarcerated. Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion by fully revoking his probation and by denying credit for time he successfully served on probation. Upon review of the record, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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