State of Tennessee v. Joshua William Algood

The defendant, Joshua William Algood, entered a nolo contendere plea to aggravated burglary and theft over one thousand dollars ($1,000). The trial court sentenced the defendant to serve 150 days in the county jail with the remainder of a three-year effective sentence to be served on community corrections. As special conditions of the defendant's probation, the trial court ordered the defendant to have no contact with the victims, pay restitution of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), obtain a GED, submit a DNA sample, maintain full-time employment once out of jail and establish paternity of his minor child and begin paying child support to the child's mother. The defendant appeals arguing that the trial court erred in imposing the special conditions requiring he establish paternity of his minor child and pay child support. We agree with the defendant and reverse and remand the case to the trial court for proceedings pursuant to this opinion.