State v. Mynatt

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

The defendant, Bourke Palmer Mynatt, Jr., originally was charged with a felony involving violation of the election laws. He was allowed to plead guilty to violating T.C.A. § 2-19-102, a misdemeanor provision, and his 11 month, 29 day sentence was suspended, conditioned upon payment of a $500 fine and costs. Mynatt now appeals, challenging the length of the sentence imposed on the grounds that it is “excessively long under the circumstances presented by this case.”

The record indicates that the defendant went to the County Election Commission to check his voter’s…