State of Tennessee v. Vernon Lee Ivey

The Defendant, Vernon Lee Ivey, pled guilty in the Campbell County Criminal Court to aggravated burglary, a Class C felony; theft of property valued over $2,500, a Class D felony; burglary, a Class D felony; two counts of theft of property valued over $1,000 but less than $2,500, a Class E felony; one count of automobile burglary, a Class E felony; and four counts of theft of property valued $1,000 or less, a Class A misdemeanor, and was sentenced by the trial court to an effective term of thirty years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred by misclassifying him as a career offender for the Class D and E felonies, by imposing an excessive sentence, and by ordering a sentence of confinement rather than probation or other alternative sentencing. Following our review, we affirm the sentences as imposed by the trial court.