State of Tennessee v. John D. Barnhart

Appellant, John D. Barnhart, was indicted by the Robertson County Grand Jury for aggravated assault and violation of the Sexual Offender Registration Act. Appellant pled guilty. In conjunction with the guilty plea, Appellant received a two-year sentence as a Range II, multiple offender for the conviction for violation of the Sexual Offender Registration Act and a six-year sentence for the aggravated assault conviction. The manner of service of the sentence was left to the trial court. After a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Appellant to serve his sentence in incarceration and ordered the sentences to run consecutively. On appeal, Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying an alternative sentence and in ordering the sentences to run consecutively. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.