State v. Grimes

OPINION

SCOTT, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of professional gambling and received a sentence of two and one-half years in the state penitentiary as a Range I standard offender and a $1,000.00 fine. His application for probation was denied. On appeal, he has presented two issues. In the first, he challenges the sufficiency of the convicting evidence.

On seven occasions during the period of October 12, 1982 through December 11, 1982, Amy Riley, an undercover agent of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, visited a gambling operation in Sullivan Coun*359ty. The operation was located in a large…