State v. Jones

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

The appellant pled guilty in the Washington County Criminal Court to committing the offense of obtaining money by false pretenses with confinement of one to three years. His petition for probation was denied by the trial court on May 30, 1980, after a full hearing in which he was accorded all of his statutory rights. Stiller v. State, 516 S.W.2d 617, 620 (Tenn.1974). The denial was predicated upon (1) the social history of appellant, (2) his prior record, and (3) deterrence. Through the appellate process, he takes issue alleging an abuse of discretion by the trial court.

The…