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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE NOVEMBER 1998 SESSION

FILED
April 14, 1999 Cecil Crowson, Jr.
Appellate C ourt Clerk

STATE OF TENNESSEE, Appellee, v. SHARON MARIE SHELL, Appellant.

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C.C.A. No. 03C01-9803-CR-00119 Hamilton County Honorable Stephen M. Bevil, Judge (Voluntary Manslaughter)

FOR THE APPELLANT: Leonard M. Caputo 312 Vine Street Chattanooga, TN 37403

FOR THE APPELLEE: John Knox Walkup Attorney General & Reporter 425 Fifth Avenue, North Nashville, TN 37243-0493 R. Stephen Jobe Assistant Attorney General 425 Fifth Avenue, North Nashville, TN 37243-0493 William H. Cox, III District Attorney General 600 Market Street, Suite 310 Chattanooga, TN 37402 Barry A. Steelman Assistant District Attorney General 600 Market Street, Suite 310 Chattanooga, TN 37402

OPINION FILED: _________________________________

AFFIRMED

L. T. LAFFERTY, SENIOR JUDGE

OPINION
The appellant, Sharon Marie Shell, referred herein as "the defendant," appeals as of right pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. Upon her plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter, the trial court imposed a sentence of three years in the Department of Correction, denying an alternative sentence and full probation at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing.

The sole issue for appellate review is: whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant an alternative sentence in the form of probation or split confinement.

After a review of the entire record, the briefs of the parties, and applicable law, we AFFIRM the trial court's judgment.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On March 27, 1996, the Hamilton County grand jury indicted the defendant for murder first degree in the killing of her fianc

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