STATE v. RUIZ


204 S.W.3d 772 (2006)

STATE of Tennessee v. Jason Allen RUIZ.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

September 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Preston Shipp, Assistant Attorney General; W. Michael McCown, District Attorney General; and Weakley E. Barnard, Assistant District Attorney, for the Appellant, State of Tennessee.

John S. Colley, III, Columbia, Tennessee, for the Appellee, Jason Allen Ruiz.


OPINION

CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to address the proper standard of review for applications to suspend the balance of a sentence previously imposed. We hold that appellate courts should reverse a trial court's grant or denial of such applications only upon finding an abuse of discretion...

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