Under The Facts.&Quot State v. William Hightower, C.C.A. No. 01C01-9507-Cc-00234
Docket: 01C01-9802-CC-00081
Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee; November 18, 1998; Tennessee; State Appellate Court
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William C. Hightower appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence, following the revocation of his probation and imposition of an eight-year sentence to run consecutively with a fifteen-year sentence from Alabama. Hightower had previously contested the probation revocation but failed to succeed in his claims regarding the legality of consecutive sentencing. The Court reaffirms that the trial court acted within its authority under T.C.A. § 40-35-310 to impose consecutive sentences and finds Hightower's arguments meritless. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed under Rule 20 of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, and costs are assigned to the state due to Hightower's indigent status. Judges Joe G. Riley, Paul G. Summers, and Joseph M. Tipton concur in the decision.