State of Tennessee v. Melvin J. Branham

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE November 19, 2013 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MELVIN J. BRANHAM Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sevier County No. 15582-II Richard R. Vance, Judge No. E2013-00638-CCA-R3-CD - Filed March 4, 2014 The Defendant, Melvin J. Branham, pled guilty to robbery and received a sentence of fifteen years as a career offender to be served at sixty percent. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, he was ordered to report for incarceration thirty days following entry of his plea. Prior to the expiration of that thirty-day period, the State…