State v. Anderson

OPINION

TIPTON, Judge.

The defendant, Oscar Anderson, appeals as of right from the Shelby County Criminal Court which denied him judicial diversion. T.C.A. § 40-35-313. The defendant pled guilty to two forgery offenses, Class E felonies, and received concurrent two-year sentences to the local workhouse. The sentences were suspended and the defendant was placed on supervised probation for two years.

The defendant contends that the trial court erred by not giving him the benefit of the presumption for alternative sentencing provided by T.C.A. § 40-35-102(6) and by not sentencing him with due…