State of Tennessee v. George Lorenzo Cartwright

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
• Decided: September 2, 1997
• Docket: 01C01-9608-CR-00338
• Status: Published

Opinion

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