State of Tennessee v. Charles Randolph Carter

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The Defendant, Charles Randolph Carter, appeals the trial court's revocation of hisprobationary sentence stemming from his guilty-pled convictions for attempted aggravatedassault and aggravated cruelty to animals. While on probation, the Defendant abscondedfrom supervision and committed new misdemeanor offenses, among other violations.Following several revocation hearings, the trial court revoked the Defendant's three-yearand eight-month probationary sentence and ordered him to serve the balance inconfinement. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion (1)by determining that he violated his probation based upon disciplinary infractionscommitted while in custody on this sentence and (2) by fully revoking his probation givenhis contrition and need for additional drug treatment. Following our review, we affirm thejudgment of the trial court.