STATE v. SHAFFER


45 S.W.3d 553 (2001)

STATE of Tennessee v. Gerald H. SHAFFER.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Stephens, District Public Defender, and Paula R. Voss, Assistant Public Defender, Knoxville, TN, for the appellant, Gerald H. Shaffer.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Todd R. Kelley, Assistant Attorney General, Randall E. Nichols, District Attorney General, and Marsha Selecman, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

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

The Criminal Court for Knox County found that Gerald H. Shaffer had violated the terms of his probation and, on this finding, revoked it. Shaffer appealed and contended that the trial court did not have the authority to revoke probation and that the trial court abused its discretion by basing revocation...

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