State of Tennessee v. Treadence Lee Howard

Defendant, Treadence Lee Howard, pled guilty to possession of 0.5 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to sell and was sentenced to nine years, suspended to supervised probation after service of one year in confinement.  Following a hearing on a probation violation warrant based on Defendant’s arrest for attempted first-degree murder, reckless endangerment, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, the trial court revoked Defendant’s probation and ordered him to serve the remainder of the
nine-year sentence in confinement.  On appeal, Defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in fully revoking his probation.  In a separate case, Defendant was found guilty following a jury trial of facilitation of the sale of cocaine in an amount of 0.5 grams or more within 1,000 feet of a park and was sentenced as a Range II offender to eight years and six months in the Tennessee Department of Correction, to be served consecutively.  Defendant argues that the trial court erred in admitting the guilty plea of a co-defendant at trial and that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.  Following our review of the entire record and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.