State of Tennessee v. Eric Joseph Mathis

The Defendant, Eric Joseph Mathis, was sentenced to a sum of twenty years of supervised
probation. After multiple probation violations, the trial court revoked the entirety of the
Defendant’s probation and ordered him to serve the sentences in the Tennessee Department
of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in
ordering the revocation of his probation because (1) he had treatable substance abuse issues
and financial needs that would be better addressed outside of prison and (2) the trial court
based its orders on the Defendant’s failure to pay restitution without conducting an
ability-to-pay hearing. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgments of the trial
court.