State of Tennessee v. George Lorenzo Cartwright

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE FILED JUNE 1997 SESSION September 2, 1997 Cecil Crowson, Jr. Appellate C ourt Clerk STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) ) APPELLEE, ) ) No. 01-C-01-9608-CR-00338 ) ) Sumner County v. ) ) Jane F. Wheatcraft, Judge ) ) (Revocation of Community Corrections ) Sentence) GEORGE LORENZO CARTWRIGHT, ) ) APPELLANT. ) FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE: Pamela E. Beck John Knox Walkup Assistant Public Defender Attorney General & Reporter 117 East Main Street, Suite 2C 500 Charlotte Avenue Gallatin, TN 37066 Nashville, TN 37243-0497 (Appeal Only) Sarah M. Branch Nancy B. Meyers Assistant Attorney General Assistant Public Defender 450 James Robertson Parkway 117 East Main Street, Suite 2C Nashville, TN 37243-0493 Gallatin, TN 37066 (Trial Only) Lawrence Ray Whitley District Attorney General OF COUNSEL: 113 Main Street Gallatin, TN 37066-2803 David A. Doyle District Public Defender Dee D. Gay 117 East Main Street, Suite 2C Assistant District Attorney General Gallatin, TN 37066 113 Main Street Gallatin, TN 37066-2803 OPINION FILED:________________________________ AFFIRMED PURSUANT TO RULE 20 Joe B. Jones, Presiding Judge OPINION The appellant, George Lorenzo Cartwright (defendant), appeals as of right from a judgment of the trial court revoking his community corrections sentence and reinstating the sentence previously imposed by the court. The trial court found the defendant had violated the terms of his house arrest, he admitted he had ingested marijuana, and he had been arrested for the possession of cocaine. The evidence contained in the record is uncontradicted. The person supervising the defendant’s community corrections sentence testified concerning the violation of the house arrest provision and the defendant’s admission he had been ingesting marijuana and could not pass a drug screen. A police officer executing a search warrant at the defendant’s house testified he found cocaine within one inch of the defendant’s foot. After a thorough review of the record, the briefs submitted by the parties, and the law governing the issue presented for review, it is the opinion of this Court that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed pursuant to Rule 20, Rules of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. ____________________________________________ JOE B. JONES, PRESIDING JUDGE CONCUR: ______________________________________ WILLIAM M. BARKER, JUDGE ______________________________________ THOMAS T. WOODALL, JUDGE