State of Tennessee v. Richard Robinson

The defendant, pharmacist Richard Robinson, pled guilty to five counts of the unlawful disbursement of a controlled substance. The Sullivan County Criminal Court imposed an effective sentence of four years probation. On appeal, the defendant contends (1) the trial court erred in denying judicial diversion, and (2) the trial court improperly restricted his employment as a pharmacist as a condition of probation. Upon review of the record and the applicable law, we affirm the trial court's denial of judicial diversion but vacate the trial court's imposition of the probationary condition.