State of Tennessee v. Rodney Welch

The defendant, Rodney Welch, pled guilty to unlawful possession of .5 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to sell, a Class B felony, and was sentenced to eight (8) years, as a Range I standard offender, with six (6) months to be served in confinement and the balance to be served in the Community Corrections Program. The trial court subsequently revoked the defendant’s community corrections sentence and re-sentenced the defendant to eleven (11) years in the Tennessee Department of Correction.  On appeal, the defendant challenges the trial court’s revocation of his community corrections sentence and re-sentence of eleven (11) years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. Upon review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.