State of Tennessee v. Stephon Harden

The Appellant, Stephon Harden, appeals from the judgment of the Sullivan County Circuit Court revoking his probation and remanding him to the Department of Correction. In March of 1999, Harden pled guilty to two counts of class E felony theft, one count of forgery, aggravated burglary, and failure to appear. He received an effective six-year sentence to be served in the Department of Correction. Harden was released following completion of the "boot camp" program and was administratively granted probation by the Commissioner of Correction. Warrants alleging violations of his probationary sentence were issued on February 21st and 28th of 2002. Following a hearing, he was found in violation of his probation and resentenced to the Department of Correction. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred by failing to consider alternatives to revocation. Finding no merit to Harden's claim, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.