### IN THE CO URT OF CR IMINAL APPEALS OF T ENN ESSEE AT NASHVILL E Ass ig ne d o n B rie fs Ju ly 16, 2 01 4

STATE OF TENNESS EE v . JO HN ROBE RT QUI NTON J ACKSON

A p p e a l f r o m t h e C i r c u i t C o u r t f o r M o n t g o m e r y C o u n t y N o s . 4 0 8 0 1 2 5 8 , 4 0 8 0 1 2 6 0 , 4 0 8 0 1 2 6 1 , 4 0 9 0 1 2 0 7 M i c h a e l R

. J o n e s , J u d g e

N o . M 2 0 1 3

- 0 2 1 7 2

- C C A

- R 3

- C D

- F i l e d O c t o b e r 1 5 , 2 0 1 4

T h e reco rd in th is m atter i s v e r y s p a r se. M u ch o f o u r u n d erstan d in g o f its h isto ry co m es f ro m th e d ecisio n o f th is co u rt in th e d ef en d an t’s d irect ap p eal
, S tate v

. Jo h n R o b ert Q

. Jack so n , N o

. M 2 0 1 2 -0 0 5 1 1 -C C A -R 3 -C D
, 2 0 1 3 W L 7 9 1 6 2 1 (T en n

. C rim

. A p p

. M ar. 4
, 2 0 1 3 ). A s b est w e can u n d erstan d
, th e d ef en d an t, Jo h n R o b ert Q u in to n Jack so n , p led g u ilty in F eb ru ary 2 0 0 9 to f

iv e co u n ts o f ag g rav ated b u rg lary
, tw o co u n ts o f au to m o b ile b u rg lary
, o n e co u n t o f th ef

t o v er $ 1 0 ,0 0 0
, an d o n e co u n t o f th ef t o v er $ 1 0 0 0 , receiv in g an ef f ectiv e

sen ten ce o f

six y ears in co m

m u n ity co rrectio n s. In S ep tem

b er 2 0 0 9
, h e w as serv ed w ith a

v io latio n w arran t an d su b seq u en tly p led gui l t y to an ad d itio n al co u n t o f ag g rav ated b u rg lary
, receiv in g a f

o u r-y ear sen ten ce in co m m u n ity co rrectio n s, to b e serv ed co n cu rren tly w ith th e six -y ear co m m

u n ity co rrectio n s sen ten ce rein stated b y th e co u rt. L ater, h e w as serv ed w ith

an o th er v io latio n w arran t, b ased u p o n h is p articip atio n in a h o m e in v asio n an d ag g rav ated

ro b b ery

. P u rsu an t to T e n n e ssee R u le o f C rim in al P ro ced u re 3 6 .1
, h e f iled a m o tio n f

o r

co rrectio n o f an illeg al sen ten ce, w h ich th e trial co u rt d ism issed

. H e ap p eals th at d ism issal. B ased u p o n o u r rev iew , w e af f irm th e trial co u rt’s d ism issal o f h is m o tio n

.

T e n n . R

. A p p . P

. 3 A p p e a l a s o f R i g h t ; J u d g m e n t o f t h e C i r c u i t C o u r t A f f i r m e d

A LA N E

. G LE N N , J

. , d e l i v e r e d t h e o p i n i o n o f t h e C o u r t , i n w h i c h T H O M A S T

. W O O D A LL , P

. J

. , a n d N O R M A M C G E E O G LE , J

. , j o i n e d

.

J o h n R o b e r t Q u i n t o n J a c k s o n , W h i t e v i l l e , T e n n e s s e e , P r o S e

.

R o b e r t E

. C o o p e r , J r

. , A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l a n d R e p o r t e r ; T r a c y L

. A l c o c k
, A s s i s t a n t A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l ; J o h n W e s l e y C a r n e y , J r

. , D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l ; a n d J

. L e e W i l l o u g h b y , A s s i s t a n t D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l
, f o r t h e a p p e l l e e , S t a t e o f T e n n e s s e e

.O P I N I O N

F A C T S

In th e d ef

en d an t’s d irect ap p eal f

o llo w in g h is resen ten cin g , th is co u rt set o u t th e

sen ten cin g im

p o sed b y th e trial co u rt:

T h e trial co u rt rev o k ed [ th e d ef en d an t’s] co m m

u n ity co rr e c t i o n s

s e n t en ce an d re-sen ten ced h im to co n cu rren t th ree-y ear sen ten ces f o r ea c h

co u n t in case n u m

b er 4 0 8 0 1 2 5 8
, co n cu rren t f o u r-y ear sen ten ces f

o r each

co u n t in cas e n u mb er 4 0 8 0 1 2 6 0
, an ef f ectiv e f o u r-y ear sen ten ce in case

n u m b er 4 0 8 0 1 2 6 1
, an d f

o u r y ears in case n u m

b er 4 0 9 0 1 2 0 7

. In co n sid erin g

c o n secu tiv e sen ten cin g , th e trial co u rt f o u n d th at [ th e d ef

en d an t] h ad a n

ex ten siv e crim in al h isto ry

. T en n

. C o d e A n n

. § 4 0 -3 5 -1 1 5 (b )(2 ) (2 0 1 0 ). T h u s, th e co u rt o rd ered th at [ th e d ef en d an t] serv e h is sen ten ces in ca s e n u mb ers 4 0 8 0 1 2 5 8
, 4 0 8 0 1 2 6 0
, an d 4 0 8 0 1 2 6 1 co n secu tiv ely to each o th er. H e o rd ered th at [ th e d ef

en d an t] serv e h is sen ten ce in case n u m b er 4 0 9 0 1 2 0 7 co n cu rren tly

w ith h is sen ten ce in case n u m b er 4 0 8 0 1 2 6 0
, f

o r an ef f ectiv e elev en -y ear

sen ten ce in th e T en n essee D ep artm en t o f C o rrectio n

.

Id . at * 2

.

A N A L Y S IS

A cco rd in g to th e d ef

en d an t’s ap p ellate b rief

, h is tw o issu es o n ap p eal are w h eth er th e trial co u rt erred in im

p o sin g co n secu tiv e sen ten cin g b y m istak en ly

co n clu d in g th at h e h ad

an ex ten siv e crim in al h isto ry an d th at i t lack ed j u risd ictio n to h ear h is m o tio n

. We w ill

co n sid er th ese claim s.

A s to th e f

i r s t, th at th e trial co u rt erred in resen ten cin g b y co n clu d in g th at th e d ef en d an t h a d a n e x t e n siv e crim in al h isto ry , th is co u rt, in th e d ef en d an t’s d irect ap p eal,

co n clu d ed th at th e ev id en ce su p p o rted th at d eterm in atio n :

[ T h e d ef en d an t] also claim s th at th e trial co u rt erred b y f in d in g th at [ th e d ef en d an t] is an o f

f en d er w h o s e reco rd o f crim in al activ ity is ex ten siv e an d b y o rd erin g th at h e serv e h is sen ten ces co n secu tiv ely

. With o u t citatio n to an y
au th o r ity
, [ th e d ef

en d an t] p o sits th at h is co n v ictio n s “w ere f ro m a sh o rt d u ratio n o f tim e w h ich co n stitu ted th e sam e o r sim ilar acts, w h ich d o es n o t

w arran t th e f

in d in g o f a p ro f

essio n al crimi n a l o r h av in g h ad an ex ten siv e crim in al h isto ry .” We d isag ree an d n o te th at th e reco rd sh o w s th at [ th e

-2-d ef

en d an t] h as an ex ten siv e h isto ry o f crim in al activ ity

. [ T h e d ef en d an t’s] h isto ry o f crim in al activ ity in clu d es at least n in e d if f eren t f elo n y co n v ictio n s in ad d itio n to so m e m isd em ean o r co n v ictio n s. A lth o u g h so m e o f th e activ ity i nc lu d es crim in al ch arg es th at h av e n o t y et resu lted in co n v ictio n s , c onvi c t i ons d o n o t so lely j u stif

y th e f in d in g o f an ex ten siv e crim in al h isto ry

. S ee S tate v

. A n g ela M arie Jew ell L arzelere, N o

. 01C01- 9506 -C C -0 0 1 8 7
, 1 9 9 6 WL 1 2 1 5 0 (T en n

. C rim

. A p p

. Jan

. 1 1
, 1 9 9 6 ) ( citin g S tate v

. C u m m in g s, 8 6 8 S .W.2 d 6 6 1
, 6 6 7 (T en n

. C rim

. A p p

. 1 9 9 2 )) (n o tin g th at th is co u rt h as “p rev io u sly h eld th at p rio r co n v ictio n s are n o t n ecessary to su p p o rt a f in d in g o f an ex ten siv e crim in al h isto ry

w arran tin g an im

p o sitio n o f

co n secu tiv e sen ten ces”).

Id . at * 4

.

A s b ef o re, th e d ef

en d an t’s c l a i ms are w ith o u t m erit th at h is crim in al h isto ry is n o t “ex ten siv e.” A ctu ally
, it is. A s f o r th e trial c o u rt’s co n clu sio n th at it w as w ith o u t j u risd ictio n to co n sid er th e d ef en d an t’s R u le 3 6 .1 m o tio n to co rrect an illeg al sen ten ce, w e d isag ree. Wh ile th e trial co u rt d id h av e j u risd ictio n to h ear th e claim , it w as b o u n d b y th e earlier d eterm in atio n o f th is co u rt th at th e reco rd su p p o rted th e sen ten ces im p o sed f o llo w in g th e rev o catio n o f co m m

u n ity co rrectio n s. S ee S tate v

. C arter, 1 1 4 S .W.3 d 8 9 5
, 9 0 2 (T en n

. 2 0 0 3 ) (“[ W] h en an in itial ap p eal resu lts in a rem an d to th e trial co u rt, th e d ecisio n o f th e ap p ellate co u rt estab lish es th e law o f th e case, w h ich m u st b e f o llo w ed u p o n rem an d .”). T h is is p recisely

w h at th e trial co u rt d id

.

C O N C L U S IO N

B ased u p o n th e f

o llo w in g au th o rities an d reaso n in g , w e af f irm th e trial co u rt’s d en ial

o f th e m o tio n to co rrect th e sen ten ce.

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. G L E N N
, J U D G E

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