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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
Assigned on Briefs October 17, 2000

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RONALD W. BYRD
Appeal from the Criminal Court for Sullivan County
No. S41,685 Phyllis H. Miller, Judge

No. E2000-00118-CCA-R3-CD
December 6, 2000

The Defendant, Ronald W. Byrd, was convicted of criminal trespass, a Class C misdemeanor.  In this appeal as of right, he asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. We hold that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction, and we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Criminal Court Affirmed.
DAVID H. WELLES, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, J. and WILLIAM B. ACREE, JR., SP.J., joined.
Donald E. Spurrell, Johnson City, Tennessee, for the appellant, Ronald W. Byrd.
Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; R. Stephen Jobe, Assistant Attorney General; Greeley Wells, District Attorney General; and Robert H. Montgomery, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION
The Defendant was charged with the offense of aggravated criminal trespass, a Class B misdemeanor.  After a jury trial, he was found guilty of the lesser included offense of criminal trespass, a Class C misdemeanor.  He was sentenced to thirty days in jail and received a $50.00 fine.
The proof at trial showed that on July 23, 1998, the Defendant telephoned Senator Fred Thompson's office in Blountville, Tennessee, and he spoke with Kathy Tipton, a case worker with Senator Thompson

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