State of Tennessee v. Donte Dewayne Watson

Donte Dewayne Watson, the Defendant, was sentenced to eight years on community corrections under the supervision of the Davidson County Drug Court Program (“DCIV”).  Following the issuance of a warrant alleging violations of the drug court agreement order and an amended warrant alleging as an additional ground an arrest for a criminal offense, the Defendant filed a request that his case be transferred back to the court that sentenced him to drug court.  The criminal court judge, who also presided over DCIV, denied the request.  Following a hearing, the criminal court revoked community corrections, resentenced the Defendant to nine years, and ordered the sentence to be served in the Department of Correction.  Discerning no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court revoking the Defendant’s community corrections.