State of Tennessee v. Charles Baldwin

The appellant, Charles Baldwin, pled guilty to two counts of theft over $10,000. The trial court sentenced the appellant as a Range II offender to concurrent sentences of eight years on each count. The trial court ordered nine months in incarceration followed by community corrections. After violating the conditions of community corrections, the trial court increased the appellant's sentence from eight years on each conviction to ten years on each conviction. The trial court ordered the appellant to serve thirty days of the increased sentence in incarceration before being placed back on community corrections. After the appellant violated the conditions of community corrections for a second time, the trial court simply reinstated the appellant to community corrections. Subsequently, a third violation warrant was issued against the appellant. The trial court determined that the appellant violated, for the third time, the conditions of community corrections and re-sentenced the appellant to ten years on each conviction to be served consecutively in the Department of Correction. The appellant filed a timely notice of appeal challenging the trial court's decision to increase his sentence and order incarceration. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.