State of Tennessee v. Edward Lucas

The appellant, Edward Lucas, was convicted in the Montgomery County Circuit Court of two counts of selling cocaine and one count of possession of marijuana with the intent to sell. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of six years incarceration in the Tennessee Department of Correction, sixty days of which were to be served in confinement with the remainder to be served on probation. Subsequently, the trial court found the appellant guilty of violating his probation and ordered the appellant to serve his sentence in confinement. The appellant raises the following issues on appeal: (1) whether the allegation set forth in the violation of probation warrant states a violation of the conditions of probation; (2) whether the allegation set forth in the violation of probation warrant complies with due process requirements of the United States and Tennessee Constitutions; and (3) whether the evidence is sufficient to support the probation revocation. Upon review of the record and the parties' briefs, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.