State v. Ruiz

OPINION

in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to address the proper standard of review for applications to suspend the balance of a sentence previously imposed. We hold that appellate courts should reverse a trial court’s grant or denial of such applications only upon finding an abuse of discretion. Finding no error by the trial court in this case, we reverse the Court of Criminal Appeals.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Defendant, Jason Allen Ruiz, pleaded guilty in December 2003 to one count of selling…