STATE v. FIELDS


40 S.W.3d 435 (2001)

STATE of Tennessee v. Kenyetta FIELDS.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

January 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg W. Eichelman, Morristown, TN, for the appellant, Kenyetta Fields.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Mark E. Davidson, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

BARKER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., BIRCH, and HOLDER, JJ., joined.

The issue raised on this appeal is whether the defendant's conviction of the Class C felony of facilitation of an illegal drug transaction within 200 yards of a school overcomes the presumption in favor of alternative sentencing so as to justify a sentence of confinement. The trial court and the...

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