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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
Assigned on Briefs on April 26, 2011

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MARK EDWARD COFFEY
D irect Appeal from the C rim inal Court for W ashington County
N o. 31527C R . J. Beck, Judge

N o. E2010-01486-CCA-R3-CD -Filed November 1, 2011
Pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, Defendant, M ark Edw ard Coffey, pled guilty to facilitation of second degree m urder. Defendant was sentenced as a Range I standard offender to eight years, suspended and placed on probation. Defendant was charged with a violation of probation, and after a hearing, the trial court revoked his probation and ordered him to serve his original sentence in confinement. D efendant appeals. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Criminal C ourt Affirmed
THOMAS T. W OODALL, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, J., joined. DAVID H. W ELLES, SP.J., not participating.
C. Brad Sproles, Kingsport, Tennessee, for the appellant, M ark Edw ard Coffey.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney G eneral and Reporter; Leslie E. Price, Assistant Attorney G eneral; H . Greeler W ells, District A ttorney G eneral; and Joseph Eugene Perrin, A ssistant D istrict Attorney G eneral, for the appellee, the State of Tennessee.

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Facts
O n N ovember 22, 2005, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, D efendant pled guilty to facilitation of second degree murder and was sentenced to eight years to be suspended on probation. On December 11, 2009, a probation violation warrant was issued, alleging that D efendant had violated the conditions of his probation by: 1) com mitting the new offenses of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest; 2) drinking alcohol to excess; and 3) behaving in an assaultive and threatening manner.
A t a hearing on June 3, 2010, O fficer Andy Hodges of the Johnson City Police D epartment testified that on December 8, 2009, he responded to a call to Defendant

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