State of Tennessee v. Dereck C. Campbell

The Defendant was convicted for possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of marijuana, possession of hydromorphone, possession of diazepam, and possession of drug paraphernalia. The possession of cocaine conviction was a Class B felony and the other convictions were Class A misdemeanors. The jury also recommended fines related to these convictions. The total of the fines was just over $40,000. The trial court sentenced the defendant to eight (8) years for the possession of cocaine offense, and eleven months, twenty-nine days for each of the other offenses. These sentences were run concurrently. The trial court then granted the Defendant's request for alternative sentencing and suspended the Defendant's sentence for possession of cocaine for all but thirty (30) days and allowed him to serve ten years on intensive probation. The defendant appeals his sentence. We affirm the sentence imposed by the trial court.