### IN THE CO URT OF CR IMINAL APPEALS OF T ENN ESSEE

AT KNOX VILLE

Ass ig ne d o n B rie fs Jan ua ry 29 , 20 14

STATE OF TENNESS EE v . LARRY JAMES J ENKI NS

D i r e c t 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 J e f f e r s o n C o u n t y

N o s

. 1 1 5 7 2

, 1 1 5 7 3 O

. D u a n e S l o n e , J u d g e

D i r e c t 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 C o c k e C o u n t y

N o

. 3 4 7 9 O

. D u a n e S l o n e , J u d g e

N o

. E 2 0 1 3

- 0 1 3 1 1

- C C A

- R 3

- C D

- F i l e d M a r c h 4

, 2 0 1 4

T h e a p p e l l a n t

, L a r r y J e n k i n s

, p l e d g u i l t y t o m u l t i p l e c o u n t s o f b u r g l a r y

, t h e f t

, a n d v a n d a l i s m

,

a n d t h e t r i a l c o u r t i m p o s e d a t o t a l e f f e c t i v e s e n t e n c e o f e i g h t e e n y e a r s

. O n a p p e a l

, t h e

a p p e l l a n t c h a l l e n g e s t h e t r i a l c o u r t ’ s r e f u s a l t o g r a n t a l t e r n a t i v e s e n t e n c i n g

. U p o n r e v i e w

,

w e a f f i r m t h e j u d g m e n t s o f t h e t r i a l c o u r t

.

T e n n

. R

. A p p

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

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N O R M A M C G E E O G LE

, 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 J A M E S C U R W O O D

W IT T

, J R

. , a n d J E F F R E Y S

. B IV IN S

, J J

. , j o i n e d

.

J

. D e r r e c k W h i t s o n

, N e w p o r t

, T e n n e s s e e

, f o r t h e a p p e l l a n t

, L a r r y J a m e s J e n k i n s

.

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 ; R e n e e W

. T u r n e r

, S e n i o r C o u n s e l ;

J a m e s B

. D u n n

, 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 C h a r l e s L

. M u r p h 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

I

. F a c t u a l B a c k g r o u n d

O n J a n u a r y 2 7

, 2 0 1 2

, t h e J e f f e r s o n C o u n t y G r a n d J u r y r e t u r n e d a t w o

- c o u n t

i n d i c t m e n t a g a i n s t t h e a p p e l l a n t

, c h a r g i n g h i m w i t h b u r g l a r y o f a b u i l d i n g a n d t h e f t o f

p r o p e r t y v a l u e d m o r e t h a n $ 1

, 0 0 0 b u t l e s s t h a n $ 1 0

, 0 0 0

, b o t h C l a s s D f e l o n i e s

. S u b s e q u e n t l y

,

o n A p r i l 1 6

, 2 0 1 2

, t h e J e f f e r s o n C o u n t y G r a n d J u r y r e t u r n e d a f i f t y

- f i v e c o u n t i n d i c t m e n t

a g a i n s t t h e a p p e l l a n t

, c h a r g i n g h i m w i t h 

### six teen co u n ts o f ag g rav ated b u rg lary

, a C lass C

### f

elo n y ; f o u r co u n ts o f th ef

t o f p ro p erty

v alu ed m o re th an $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 b u t less th an $ 6 0 ,0 0 0

, a

C lass C f elo n y ; o n e co u n t o f v an d alism o f p ro p erty v alu ed m o re th an $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 b u t less th an

$ 6 0 ,0 0 0

, a C lass C f

elo n y ; e i g h t c o u n t s o f b u r g l a r y o f a b u i l d i n g

, a C l a s s D f e l o n y ; 

### f o u rteen

co u n ts o f th ef

t o f p ro p erty v a l u e d m o r e t h a n $ 1

, 0 0 0 b u t l e s s t h a n $ 1 0

, 0 0 0

, a C l a s s D f e l o n y ;



### f iv e co u n ts o f v an d alism o f p ro p erty v alu ed m o re th an $ 1 ,0 0 0 b u t less th an $ 1 0 ,0 0 0

, a C lass

D f elo n y ; tw o co u n ts o f v an d alism o f p ro p erty v alu ed m o re th an $ 5 0 0 b u t less th an $ 1 ,0 0 0

,

a C lass E f

elo n y ; o n e co u n t o f th ef

t o f p ro p erty v alu ed m o re th an $ 5 0 0 b u t less th an $ 1 ,0 0 0

, a C lass E f

elo n y ; an d f

o u r co u n ts o f v an d alism o f p ro p erty v alu ed $ 5 0 0 o r less, a C lass A

m isd em ean o r. O n J u ly 2

, 2 0 1 2

, a C o ck e C o u n ty G ran d Ju ry retu rn ed a tw o -co u n t

in d ictm en t, ch arg in g th e ap p ellan t w ith th ef t o f p ro p erty v a l u e d m o r e t h a n $ 1

, 0 0 0 b u t l e s s

t h a n $ 1 0

, 0 0 0 

### an d b u rg lary o f a b u ild in g , b o th C lass D f elo n ies.

T h ereaf ter, o n D ecem

b er 4

, 2 0 1 2

, th e ap p ellan t p led g u ilty as a R an g e I, stan d ard

o f f en d er to all ch arg es. T h e p lea ag reem en t p ro v id ed th at th e trial co u rt w o u ld d eterm in e

th e len g th an d m an n er o f serv ice o f

sen ten cin g

.

A sen ten cin g h earin g w as h eld o n M arch 2 5

, 2 0 1 3

. T h e S tate su m m arized th e f acts 1



### u n d erly in g th e p leas as f

o llo w s:

Y o u r H o n o r, th ese circu m stan ces, as H is H o n o r m ay

recall th e f

acts, b etw een Ju ly an d D ecem b er, m u ltip le h o m e

b u rg laries h ere in th is co u n ty as w ell as a b u rg lary in [ C o ck e]

C o u n ty

. It w asn ’t y o u r ru n -o f -th e-m ill. T h ere [ w ere] a l o t o f

d am ag es to th ese p ro p erties, as e v i d e n ced b y th e v an d alism

c ha r g es. T h ese w ere sm ash -an d -g ra bs

, m ul t i pl e door s da m a ge d.

It w asn ’t j u st so m eo n e p o p p in g a w in d o w an d g o in g in . A lo t

o f v ictim s h av e su b m itted v ictim im p act statem en ts; th ey sp eak

f o r th em selv es, Y o u r H o n o r.

. . . [ T ] h ere w ere m u ltip le v ictim s

in th is case, to o m an y to co u n t, to m an y to call as w itn esses, at

least 1 6 v ictim s.

T h e ap p ellan t testif

ied th at b ef

o re th e in stan t o f

f en ses w ere co m m itted

, h e w o rk ed

as a su b co n tracto r p erf

o rm in g “f ram in g

, trim m in g

, carp en ter w o rk .” O n e o f th e p eo p le f o r

w h o m th e ap p ellan t w o rk ed p aid h im h a l f i n c a s h an d h alf in p ain p ills. A s a resu lt o f an

ad d ictio n to p ain p ills, th e ap p ellan t lo st h is j o b a n d c o mm itted th e in stan t o f f en ses to

su p p o rt h is h ab it.

Alt hough t he o ff

ens es occ urr ed i n t wo di ff er ent cou nti es, th e r eco rd re fl ect s t hat th e pa rt ie s 1

agree d t o al low a j oin t s ent enc ing hea ri ng to be hel d i n J ef fe rs on Co unt y to ad dre ss al l o f t he o ff ens es.

On ap pea l, t his cou rt al lowe d t he c ase s t o be con sol ida te d.

-2-

### T h e ap p ellan t said th at h e h ad a n in e-y ear-o ld d au g h ter an d th at sh e w as h av in g “a

h ard tim e” d ealin g w ith h is in carceratio n

. T h e ap p ellan t to o k resp o n sib ility f o r th e o f f en ses

an d stated th at h is ad d ictio n h ad co st h im “ev ery th in g .” T h e ap p ellan t said th at h e h ad n ev er

u n d erg o n e treat me n t b u t a sk ed th e co u rt to g ran t h im an altern ativ e sen ten ce in o rd er to

allo w h im

to p u rsu e reh ab ilitatio n , sp ecif ically th ro u g h th e N ew H o p e P ro g ram

.

T h e co u rt n o ted th e ex ten siv e p ro p erty d am ag e su stain ed b y th e v ictim s an d stated :

T h e [ c] o u rt is re ly in g o n th e stip u lated f acts th at th e

[ ap p ellan t] p led g u ilty

, th e te s tim o n y o f th is [ ap p ellan t]

, th e

arg u m en t o f c o u n sel. T h e [ c] o u rt h as b ef o re it a 3 0 -y ear-o ld

g en tlem an w h o w as n o q u estio n ad d icted to o p iates, an d it’s a

p ro b lem th at’s reach ed ep id em ic p ro p o rtio n s in o u r co m m u n ity

an d in o u r state an d I v en tu re to say o u r co u n try

. H o w ev er, th e

[ c] o u rt h as b ef

o re it ag ain a m an t h a t w a s e n g ag ed in

, b y h is

o w n acco u n t, d o in g n o th in g m u ch m o re th an t o e n g a g e in

activ ity to su p p o rt h is h ab it.

A g ain

, j u st th e n u m

b er o f co n v ictio n s an d th e p erio d o f

tim e, w h ich is at a m in im u m ap p ro x im ately f

iv e m o n th s, if n o t

lo n g er, w h ile h e w as en g ag ed in th is crim in al en terp rise.

T h e trial co u rt im

p o sed a sen ten ce o f six y ears f o r each o f th ree o f th e C lass C f elo n y

ag g rav ated b u rg lary co n v ictio n s, f iv e y ears f

o r e ach o f th e rem ain in g C lass C f elo n y

ag g rav ated b u rg lary co n v ictio n s, th ree y ears f o r each C lass D f

elo n y co n v ictio n

, tw o y ears

f o r each C lass E f

elo n y co n v ictio n

, an d elev en m o n th s an d tw en ty -n in e d ay s f o r each C lass

A m isd em ean o r co n v ictio n

. T h e co u rt f o u n d th at th e ap p ellan t w as a p ro f essio n al crim in al

an d th at h e h ad co m

m itted an ex ten siv e n u m

b er o f o f f en ses; th eref

o re, th e co u rt o rd ered th e

six -y ear sen ten ces to b e serv ed co n secu tiv e l y t o e ach o th er b u t co n cu rren tly w ith th e

rem ain in g sen ten ces f

o r a to tal ef

f ectiv e sen ten ce o f

eig h teen y ears.

O n ap p eal, th e ap p ellan t co m p lain s th at th e trial co u rt sh o u ld h av e g ran ted altern ativ e

sen ten cin g

.

I I

. A n a l y s i s

I n i t i a l l y

, w e n o t e t h a t t h e r e c o r d d o e s n o t c o n t a i n a t r a n s c r i p t o f t h e a p p e l l a n t ’ s g u i l t y

p l e a h e a r i n g

. H o w e v e r

, w e h a v e d e t e r m i n e d t h a t t h e r e c o r d i s a d e q u a t e f o r a p p e l l a t e r e v i e w

o f t h e s e n t e n c e

. S e e S t a t e v

. C a u d l e

, 3 8 8 S

. W

. 3 d 2 7 3

, 2 7 9 ( T e n n

. 2 0 1 2 )

.

-3-T h e a p p e l l a n t b e g i n s h i s c o m p l a i n t r e g a r d i n g t h e d e n i a l o f a l t e r n a t i v e s e n t e n c i n g b y

m a i n t a i n i n g t h a t “ [ a ] n a p p e a l o f t h e m a n n e r o f s e r v i c e o f a s e n t e n c e r e s u l t s i n a d e n o v o

r e v i e w b y t h i s [ c ] o u r t w i t h a p r e s u m p t i o n o f c o r r e c t n e s s

. ” H e “ s u b m i t s t h e t r i a l c o u r t

m i s a p p l i e d t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f s e n t e n c i n g [

, ] a n d [ c o n t e n d s ] t h a t t h i s [ c ] o u r t ’ s r e v i e w s h o u l d b e

d e n o v o w i t h o u t a p r e s u m p t i o n o f c o r r e c t n e s s

. ”

P r e v i o u s l y u n d e r t h e 1 9 8 9 S e n t e n c i n g A c t

, a p p e l l a t e r e v i e w o f t h e l e n g t h

, r a n g e

, o r

m a n n e r o f s e r v i c e o f a s e n t e n c e w a s d e n o v o w i t h a p r e s u m p t i o n o f c o r r e c t n e s s

. S e e S t a t e

v

. B i s e

, 3 8 0 S

. W

. 3 d 6 8 2

, 6 9 3 ( T e n n

. 2 0 1 2 ) ; T e n n

. C o d e A n n

. § 4 0

- 3 5

- 4 0 1 ( d )

. H o w e v e r

, o u r

s u p r e m e c o u r t h a s s i n c e r e v i s i t e d t h e s t a n d a r d o f r e v i e w t o b e a p p l i e d t o s e n t e n c i n g

d e t e r m i n a t i o n s a n d h e l d t h a t “ s e n t e n c e s i m p o s e d b y t h e t r i a l c o u r t w i t h i n t h e a p p r o p r i a t e

s t a t u t o r y r a n g e a r e t o b e r e v i e w e d u n d e r a n a b u s e o f d i s c r e t i o n s t a n d a r d w i t h a ‘ p r e s u m p t i o n

o f r e a s o n a b l e n e s s

. ’ ” B i s e

, 3 8 0 S

. W

. 3 d a t 7 0 8

. S i n c e t h a t t i m e

, o u r s u p r e m e c o u r t h a s f u r t h e r

h e l d t h a t “ t h e a b u s e o f d i s c r e t i o n s t a n d a r d

, a c c o m p a n i e d b y a p r e s u m p t i o n o f r e a s o n a b l e n e s s

,

a p p l i e s t o w i t h i n

- r a n g e s e n t e n c e s t h a t r e f l e c t a d e c i s i o n b a s e d u p o n t h e p u r p o s e s a n d

p r i n c i p l e s o f s e n t e n c i n g

, i n c l u d i n g t h e q u e s t i o n s r e l a t e d t o p r o b a t i o n o r a n y o t h e r a l t e r n a t i v e

s e n t e n c e

. ” C a u d l e

, 3 8 8 S

. W

. 3 d a t 2 7 8

- 7 9

. F i n a l l y

, o u r s u p r e m e c o u r t h a s h e l d “ t h a t t h e

a p p r o p r i a t e s t a n d a r d o f a p p e l l a t e r e v i e w f o r c o n s e c u t i v e s e n t e n c i n g i s a b u s e o f d i s c r e t i o n

a c c o m p a n i e d b y a p r e s u m p t i o n o f r e a s o n a b l e n e s s

. ” S t a t e v

. J a m e s A l l e n P o l l a r d

,

_ _ S

. W

. 3 d

_ _ , N o

. M 2 0 1 1

- 0 0 3 3 2

- S C

- R 1 1

- C D

, 2 0 1 3 W L 6 7 3 2 6 6 7

, a t * 7 ( T e n n

. a t N a s h v i l l e

, D e c

. 2 0

,

2 0 1 3 )

.

I n c o n d u c t i n g i t s s e n t e n c i n g r e v i e w

, t h i s c o u r t c o n s i d e r s t h e f o l l o w i n g f

a c t o r s : ( 1 ) t h e

e v i d e n c e

, i f a n y

, r e c e i v e d a t t h e t r i a l a n d t h e s e n t e n c i n g h e a r i n g ; ( 2 ) t h e p r e s e n t e n c e r e p o r t ;

( 3 ) t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f s e n t e n c i n g a n d a r g u m e n t s a s t o s e n t e n c i n g a l t e r n a t i v e s ; ( 4 ) t h e n a t u r e

a n d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h e c r i m i n a l c o n d u c t i n v o l v e d ; ( 5 ) e v i d e n c e a n d i n f o r m a t i o n o f

f e r e d

b y t h e p a r t i e s o n e n h a n c e m e n t a n d m i t i g a t i n g f a c t o r s ; ( 6 ) a n y s t a t i s t i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n p r o v i d e d

b y t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i v e o f f i c e o f t h e c o u r t s a s t o s e n t e n c i n g p r a c t i c e s f o r s i m i l a r o f

f e n s e s i n

T e n n e s s e e ; ( 7 ) a n y s t a t e m e n t b y t h e a p p e l l a n t i n h i s o w n b e h a l f ; a n d ( 8 ) t h e p o t e n t i a l f o r

r e h a b i l i t a t i o n o r t r e a t m e n t

. S e e T e n n

. C o d e A n n

. § § 4 0

- 3 5

- 1 0 2

, - 1 0 3

, - 2 1 0 ; s e e a l s o B i s e

,

3 8 0 S

. W

. 3 d a t 6 9 7

- 9 8

. T h e b u r d e n i s o n t h e a p p e l l a n t t o d e m o n s t r a t e t h e i m p r o p r i e t y o f h i s

s e n t e n c e

. S e e T e n n

. C o d e A n n

. § 4 0

- 3 5

- 4 0 1

, S e n t e n c i n g C o m m ’ n C m t s

.

T h e a p p e l l a n t c o n t e n d s t h a t t h e t r i a l c o u r t e r r e d b y d e n y i n g a n a l t e r n a t i v e s e n t e n c e

,

c i t i n g t h e a p p e l l a n t ’ s l a c k o f a s u b s t a n t i a l c r i m i n a l h i s t o r y

, h i s a d d i c t i o n t o p a i n p i l l s

, a n d h i s

w i l l i n g n e s s t o e n t e r a r e h a b i l i t a t i o n p r o g r a m

. G e n e r a l l y

, a n a p p e l l a n t i s e l i g i b l e f o r

a l t e r n a t i v e s e n t e n c i n g i f t h e s e n t e n c e a c t u a l l y i m p o s e d i s t e n y e a r s o r l e s s

. S e e T e n n

. C o d e

A n n

. § 4 0

- 3 5

- 3 0 3 ( a )

. T h e a p p e l l a n t ’ s i n d i v i d u a l s e n t e n c e s m e e t t h i s r e q u i r e m e n t

. T h e

a p p e l l a n t a s s e r t s t h a t a s a R a n g e I o f f e n d e r c o n v i c t e d o f C l a s s C

, D

, a n d E f e l o n i e s

, h e “ h a s

t h e p r e s u m p t i o n o f a n a l t e r n a t i v e s e n t e n c e

. ” P r i o r t o t h e 2 0 0 5 a m e n d m e n t s t o t h e S e n t e n c i n g

-4-A c t

, t h e a p p e l l a n t w o u l d h a v e b e e n “ p r e s u m e d t o b e a f a v o r a b l e c a n d i d a t e ” f

o r a l t e r n a t i v e

s e n t e n c i n g

. S e e S t a t e v

. G r i s s o m

, 9 5 6 S

. W

. 2 d 5 1 4

, 5 1 9 ( T e n n

. C r i m

. A p p

. 1 9 9 7 )

. H o w e v e r

,

a s o f J u n e 7

, 2 0 0 5

, T e n n e s s e e C o d e A n n o t a t e d s e c t i o n 4 0

- 3 5

- 1 0 2 ( 6 ) p r o v i d e s t h a t c e r t a i n

o f f e n d e r s “ s h o u l d b e c o n s i d e r e d ” f a v o r a b l e c a n d i d a t e s f

o r a l t e r n a t i v e s e n t e n c i n g i n s t e a d o f

b e i n g p r e s u m e d f

a v o r a b l e c a n d i d a t e s f

o r a l t e r n a t i v e s e n t e n c i n g

.

T h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f f

a v o r a b l e c a n d i d a c y f

o r a l t e r n a t i v e s e n t e n c i n g m a y b e r e b u t t e d

b y e v i d e n c e t o t h e c o n t r a r y

. S e e T e n n

. C o d e A n n

. § 4 0

- 3 5

- 1 0 2 ( 6 )

. T h e f o l l o w i n g s e n t e n c i n g

c o n s i d e r a t i o n s

, s e t f

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