         IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
                          AT NASHVILLE
                          Assigned on Briefs December 12, 2001

          STATE OF TENNESSEE v. PARKER ODELL DONEY, JR.

                 Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Sumner County
                          No. 370-2000    Jane Wheatcraft, Judge



                   No. M2001-01187-CCA-R3-CD - Filed January 17, 2001


The defendant, Parker Odell Doney, Jr., appeals his convictions for one count of aggravated robbery
and two counts of aggravated assault and his sentences totaling fifteen years in the Department of
Correction. The defendant contends the evidence presented against him at trial was insufficient to
support his convictions, and the trial court erred in sentencing him. After a thorough review of the
record, we reduce the aggravated assault sentences but otherwise affirm the judgments of the trial
court.

   Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgments of the Criminal Court Affirmed as
                                        Modified

JOE G. RILEY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR. and JOHN
EVERETT WILLIAMS, JJ., joined.

Mike Carter, Gallatin, Tennessee, for the appellant, Parker Odell Doney, Jr.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Kim R. Helper, Assistant Attorney General;
Lawrence Ray Whitley, District Attorney General; and Sallie Wade Brown, Assistant District
Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


                                            OPINION

        The state’s proof revealed that on March 3, 2000, the defendant, along with Antonio
Cartwright, Corey Jones, and Brandon Moore, walked into the apartment of victims Ricky Ramsey
and Robert Bracey. The defendant struck Ramsey on the head with a pistol and then with a beer
bottle. The defendant and Cartwright assaulted Ramsey while the others restrained and assaulted
Bracey. The defendant's companions took property from the apartment and divided it with the
defendant.

       Ricky Ramsey testified Martez Fitts stopped by his apartment, and the two of them played
a video game in the living room. Ramsey stated he had known Fitts for years and, more recently,
they were employed together. While they were playing the video game, Robert Bracey and his
sister, Katrina Bracey, entered the apartment. Ramsey said there was a knock at the door, and the
defendant entered uninvited along with the other men. Ramsey testified he did not know the men,
but he recognized Antonio Cartwright, a relative of Fitts.

         According to Ramsey, the men remained silent. Ramsey said he "knew something wasn't
right," so he told Robert Bracey and his sister, who were leaving to go to their mother’s home, that
he would leave with them. Ramsey testified that as he stood up and began walking, the defendant
pulled out a gun, jumped at him, and struck him on the head with the gun. Ramsey described the
gun as having a silver barrel and black handle. Ramsey said the defendant lost control of the gun,
and it fell to the floor. Two of the other men charged Robert Bracey. Ramsey said he was hit over
the head with something "glass and wet" as he and the defendant were struggling for the gun.
Ramsey testified he was dazed after being struck and lay still for an unknown period of time. Then
he went to his bedroom in response to an order by the defendant, who was holding the gun. While
he was in the bedroom, Cartwright struck Ramsey in the mouth. Ramsey testified Cartwright and
the defendant kicked, stomped and hit him while he was curled up in a ball. The defendant then
ordered Ramsey to lie on the living room floor. Ramsey observed one of the men on top of Robert
Bracey, who was on the floor.

        As the three other men started to leave, the defendant stopped, grabbed a bar stool, and used
it to again strike Ramsey. Then the defendant and the others left the apartment. Ramsey testified
the apartment was ransacked during the incident. He also stated he had about $500 in cash in the
locked closet in his bedroom. Ramsey said the money, his video game, and a set of wheels were
taken from the apartment. According to Ramsey, Fitts knew he was saving money for a car and was
working a great deal of overtime. Ramsey testified Fitts was not involved in the assault, and he did
not know what happened to him. Fitts was not charged with the crime.

       Robert Bracey testified he heard a knock on the door, and the defendant entered the
apartment along with the other men. Bracey testified the defendant promptly reached into his
waistband and brought out a pistol, lunged at Ramsey, and struck Ramsey in the head with the pistol.
The defendant and Ramsey struggled for the pistol, which had fallen to the floor. Bracey described
the gun as being a black semi-automatic pistol approximately eight inches long. Bracey stated he
attempted to “go for the weapon,” but he was struck in the back of the head and dragged into the
bathroom, where he was ordered to lie face down. Then someone stood on the back of his neck and
repeatedly struck him in the back, near his kidneys. Minutes later, someone removed his wallet,
containing $35, from his pants pocket. Bracey testified he heard breaking glass and “stuff being
rumbled through” while he was lying in the bathroom, and he could see objects being thrown.

        Katrina Bracey testified she heard a knock on the door, and Ramsey rose from the couch to
answer the door. Robert Bracey asked who was at the door, and Katrina Bracey heard a mumble
from the other side of the door before the defendant entered with three other men. She testified the
men spread out in a line in front of them and, after a brief exchange of words, the defendant pulled
a gun from his waistband, lunged at Ramsey, and hit Ramsey in the head with the gun. She observed


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the defendant struggling with Ramsey. Brandon Moore and Corey Jones were struggling with her
brother. She stated the defendant hit Ramsey on the head with a beer bottle.

       Katrina Bracey said she tried to leave the apartment to seek help, but Fitts shut the door in
her face. Then the defendant turned towards her, pointed the gun at her, and told her to go to a
bedroom and put her head down. As she complied, she observed Jones and Moore holding her
brother down on the floor. She stated the defendant and Cartwright took Ramsey into the other
bedroom. She also observed the men strike Ramsey while he lay in the living room floor with a
couch cushion over his head. Before they left, the men yelled, “Call the cops and see what
happens!” and “Get ready. Here it comes!” Then Ramsey was hit with the bar stool. She stated the
apartment was “in shambles” following the incident.

       Investigator Alicia Pack testified the apartment was ransacked, with drawers and cabinets
open and their contents strewn in the floor. She described the apartment as being "really, really
small" such that a person could stand in the living room and see all of the apartment. Pack noticed
blood underneath the coffee table in the living room, blood splatters on the kitchen floor, bloody
fingerprints on a bedroom closet door, and blood smeared on a wall near the closet.

        Detective Stan Hilgadiack testified the defendant denied any knowledge of the crime during
an interview on March 29, 2000. Hilgadiack stated the defendant also denied knowing Ricky
Ramsey, Brandon Moore, or Corey Jones, and further denied owning a b.b. gun or any other weapon.
On April 5, 2000, during an interview with Investigator Pack, the defendant admitted he was present
at the apartment at the time of the crime. He said he struck Ramsey with a b.b. gun and a beer bottle.

       Corey Jones, who pled guilty to two counts of facilitation to commit aggravated robbery in
connection with the incident, testified for the defendant. Jones stated the defendant, Antonio
Cartwright, Brandon Moore, and Martez Fitts were with Jones at Jones’s home, where they were all
using cocaine, except the defendant. Jones said he had never known the defendant to use drugs.
Jones stated they decided to leave to purchase some marijuana.

        Jones said Fitts directed them to Ramsey’s apartment, where Fitts went inside to buy
marijuana while the rest of them remained in the car. Jones testified Fitts had been in the apartment
between ten and twenty minutes when the others decided to join him. Jones stated they knocked on
the door and heard, “Come in.” According to Jones, the defendant and Ramsey had a prior
altercation over a girlfriend. Jones said the defendant realized Ramsey was there and thought
Ramsey was “going to do something to him.” Jones indicated Ramsey reached under the couch.
Jones testified the defendant and Ramsey scuffled, but later admitted he truthfully told police the
defendant suddenly pulled out a gun and struck Ramsey’s head. Jones admitted wrestling Robert
Bracey to the ground because he thought Bracey was going to assist Ramsey. He testified he
remained on Bracey’s back to “[make] sure he didn’t go anywhere.” Jones also admitted taking
Bracey’s wallet. Jones stated Brandon Moore took marijuana from Ramsey’s closet, which was
divided by the participants in the crime, including the defendant.



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       Jones testified there was no plan to rob the victims before entering the apartment. He stated
his decision to take Bracey’s wallet was spontaneous. Jones said the wallet contained only $20,
which was not shared with the defendant.

       Antonio Cartwright, who pled guilty to two counts of facilitation to aggravated robbery and
one count of aggravated assault, also testified for the defendant. Cartwright stated after they waited
outside the apartment ten to fifteen minutes for Martez Fitts, he knocked on the door to see what
was taking Fitts so long. Cartwright said he heard, “Come in,” so they entered the apartment.
Cartwright denied there was any plan to commit a robbery.

        Cartwright speculated the defendant and Ramsey had a problem with a girl. Cartwright said
Ramsey “reached up” upon seeing the defendant, and the defendant struck Ramsey across the head
with a gun he got from Brandon Moore. Cartwright stated the defendant and Ramsey fought.
Cartwright admitted he also struck Ramsey. Cartwright told police he saw Corey Jones on Robert
Bracey’s back. He also told police the defendant ran through the apartment ordering the victims to
get down and not to move. Cartwright testified a half pound of marijuana worth about $500 was
taken from Ramsey’s closet and divided among them. Cartwright denied any knowledge of any
property stolen from Robert Bracey.

         The defendant testified he left Jones’s house with the other men when they decided to go buy
marijuana, though he denied using any drugs. He denied there was any plan to commit a robbery.
The defendant said he and Ramsey had previously been in an argument over a girl, and Ramsey
reached under the couch when he saw the defendant. The defendant said he grabbed a black b.b. gun
from Brandon Moore’s waist and struck Ramsey in the head. The gun came loose from his hand and
fell on the floor. He said he and Ramsey fought from the living room into the bedroom and back
into the living room; therefore, he did not notice what else was happening in the apartment. He
admitted striking Ramsey in the head with a beer bottle.

        The defendant said the other men grabbed Bracey because Bracey wanted to jump into the
fight between him and Ramsey. He stated he and Ramsey were fighting throughout the entire
episode, and he was trying to get away from Ramsey. He denied pointing a gun at Katrina Bracey
and also denied taking anything from the apartment or from Robert Bracey. The defendant testified
he did not know about the theft of the marijuana until Brandon Moore later poured it out on a table.
He admitted taking some of the marijuana, but said he was “shocked” and did not know what was
in the house.

        Ricky Ramsey denied having marijuana in the apartment. Ramsey testified the gun held by
the defendant did not appear to be a b.b. gun. Ramsey also denied that he and the defendant had a
previous altercation regarding a girl.

       The defendant was indicted for two counts of aggravated robbery regarding the acts against
Ricky Ramsey and Robert Bracey and one count of aggravated assault for the acts against Katrina
Bracey. A Sumner County jury convicted him of the aggravated robbery of Ramsey, the lesser-


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included offense of aggravated assault of Robert Bracey, and the aggravated assault of Katrina
Bracey.


                             SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE

        The defendant argues the evidence was not sufficient to support his convictions. When an
accused challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, this court must review the record to determine
if the evidence adduced during the trial was sufficient "to support the finding by the trier of fact of
guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." Tenn. R. App. P. 13(e). This rule is applicable to findings of guilt
predicated upon direct evidence, circumstantial evidence or a combination of direct and
circumstantial evidence. State v. Brewer, 932 S.W.2d 1,18 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1996).

        In determining the sufficiency of the evidence, this court does not reweigh or reevaluate the
evidence. State v. Cabbage, 571 S.W.2d 832, 835 (Tenn. 1978). Nor may this court substitute its
inferences for those drawn by the trier of fact from circumstantial evidence. Liakas v. State, 199
Tenn. 298, 305, 286 S.W.2d 856, 859 (1956). To the contrary, this court is required to afford the
state the strongest legitimate view of the evidence contained in the record as well as all reasonable
and legitimate inferences which may be drawn from the evidence. State v. Tuttle, 914 S.W.2d 926,
932 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995).

        Because a verdict of guilt removes the presumption of innocence and replaces it with a
presumption of guilt, the accused has the burden in this court of illustrating why the evidence is
insufficient to support the verdict returned by the trier of fact. State v. Tuggle, 639 S.W.2d 913, 914
(Tenn. 1982).

                                    A. Criminal Responsibility

        As we review the evidence in this case in order to determine its sufficiency, we recognize the
state may prove a defendant’s guilt of an offense by the theory of criminal responsibility. One way
to establish criminal responsibility is to prove the accused, while acting with the intent to promote
or assist the commission of the offense, or to benefit in the proceeds or results of the offense,
solicited, directed, aided, or attempted to aid another person in committing the offense. Tenn. Code
Ann. § 39-11-402(2). Criminal responsibility is not a separate or distinct crime. State v. Lemacks,
996 S.W.2d 166, 170 (Tenn. 1999). A defendant convicted by the theory of criminal responsibility
is guilty in the same degree as the principal who committed the crime and is considered to be a
principal offender. Id. at 171.



                            B. Aggravated Robbery of Ricky Ramsey

       Aggravated robbery is the intentional or knowing theft of property from the person of another
by violence or putting the victim in fear accomplished through the use or display of a deadly

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weapon, or by any article used or fashioned to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a deadly
weapon. Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-13-401(a), -402(a)(1).

        In the case sub judice, the state’s proof established money and other items of value were
taken from victim Ricky Ramsey while the defendant and Antonio Cartwright were assaulting
Ramsey. Though the defendant denies personally taking the victim’s property, the jury could have
found, beyond a reasonable doubt, the defendant attacked and assaulted Ramsey with a pistol and
beer bottle in order to aid or assist his companions in their efforts to locate and steal property, and
was, therefore, criminally responsible for the thefts which were accomplished via the violence which,
by his own admission, he personally committed upon Ramsey. Witnesses testified the defendant
entered the apartment and almost immediately launched an unprovoked attack on Ramsey. While
the defendant claims he was unaware of theft of Ramsey’s property because he was involved in a
fight with Ramsey, the jury could reasonably have found otherwise. The state’s proof established
the defendant’s companions ransacked the small apartment, all of which could be viewed from the
living room. Ramsey and Katrina Bracey testified Ramsey was no longer struggling with the
defendant after he was struck in the head with the beer bottle. Also, the proof showed the defendant
ordered Ramsey and the other victims to the ground, indicating the episode was actually a robbery
in progress rather than a mere scuffle with Ramsey. Further, even the proof submitted by the
defendant indicated the defendant’s cohort, Brandon Moore, removed $500 in marijuana from Ricky
Ramsey’s closet and later shared the marijuana with the defendant. The jury could have reasonably
found, based on the proof, the defendant assaulted Ramsey to assist the theft in order to benefit in
the proceeds and was, therefore, criminally responsible for the actions of the others in stealing
Ramsey’s property. For all of these reasons, we conclude the evidence was sufficient to convict the
defendant of the aggravated robbery of Ramsey.

                            C. Aggravated Assault of Robert Bracey

        Although indicted for aggravated robbery of Robert Bracey, the defendant was convicted of
the lesser-included offense of aggravated assault. Assault is committed when the defendant, while
acting intentionally, knowingly or recklessly, causes bodily injury to the victim, or intentionally or
knowingly causes the victim to reasonably fear imminent bodily injury. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-
101(a)(1), (2). If a perpetrator intentionally or knowingly commits the assault while using or
displaying a deadly weapon, he is guilty of aggravated assault. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-
102(a)(1)(B). A deadly weapon under the aggravated assault statute is a firearm or anything that in
the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury. Tenn.
Code Ann. § 39-11-106(5). As previously discussed, the state may also prove an offense by the
theory of criminal responsibility. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-402.

        The proof established the men accompanying the defendant grabbed Robert Bracey and
dragged him into another room where they struck him, kicked him, and stood on his back. Clearly,
these actions constituted assault. The proof also showed the defendant, displaying a pistol, told the
victims to get down on the floor and not move. Even if the jury believed the pistol was a b.b. pistol,
which it was not required to do, it could still find the b.b. pistol was a deadly weapon capable of
causing serious bodily injury based upon the manner of its use by defendant. See State v. Malcomb

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Wampler, C.C.A. No. 03C01-9608-CR-00325, 1997 WL 559433, at *3 (Tenn. Crim. App. Sept. 9,
1997, at Knoxville). Given the facts submitted to the jury, it could have reasonably found the
defendant, acting with the intent to promote or assist the assault of Bracey, aided in the commission
of the assault and was, therefore, criminally responsible for the assault. Further, the jury could have
reasonably found the assault constituted an aggravated assault due to the defendant’s display of the
deadly weapon.

                             D. Aggravated Assault of Katrina Bracey

       Katrina Bracey testified the defendant pointed the gun at her when he ordered her into a
bedroom. Based on this testimony, the jury could have reasonably found this action caused her to
reasonably fear imminent bodily injury and thereby constituted an assault. Further, since this assault
was accomplished through the display of the gun, the jury could have reasonably found it to be an
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the same reasons stated above.

       For all of these reasons, the defendant’s argument that there was insufficient evidence to
support his convictions is without merit.


                                             SENTENCING

        The defendant argues the trial court erred in setting the length of each sentence. He further
argues the trial court erred in ordering the concurrent five-year sentences for the two aggravated
assaults to run consecutively to the ten-year sentence for aggravated robbery.

        This court’s review of the sentence imposed by the trial court is de novo with a presumption
of correctness. Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-401(d). This presumption is conditioned upon an
affirmative showing in the record that the trial judge considered the sentencing principles and all
relevant facts and circumstances. State v. Pettus, 986 S.W.2d 540, 543 (Tenn. 1999). If the trial
court fails to comply with the statutory directives, there is no presumption of correctness and our
review is de novo. State v. Poole, 945 S.W.2d 93, 96 (Tenn. 1997).

         If no mitigating or enhancement factors for sentencing are present, Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-
210(c) provides that the presumptive sentence for these offenses shall be the minimum sentence
within the applicable range. State v. Lavender, 967 S.W.2d 803, 806 (Tenn. 1998); State v. Fletcher,
805 S.W.2d 785, 788 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991). However, if such factors do exist, a trial court
should enhance the minimum sentence within the range for enhancement factors and then reduce the
sentence within the range for the mitigating factors. Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-210(e); State v.
Arnett,, 49 S.W.3d 250, 257 (Tenn. 2001). No particular weight for each factor is prescribed by the
statute, as the weight given to each factor is left to the discretion of the trial court as long as the trial
court complies with the purposes and principles of the sentencing act and its findings are supported
by the record. State v. Moss, 727 S.W.2d 229, 238 (Tenn. 1986); State v. Kelley, 34 S.W.3d 471,



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479 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2000); see Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-210 Sentencing Commission
Comments.

                                       A. Aggravated Robbery

        The range of punishment for a Range I offender for aggravated robbery, a Class B felony, is
eight to twelve years. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-112(a)(2). In setting this aggravated robbery
sentence at ten years, the trial court applied enhancement factors (2) (the defendant was a leader in
the commission of the offense) and (3) (the offense involved more than one victim). Tenn. Code
Ann. § 40-35-114 (2), (3). It also applied mitigating factor (8) (the defendant was suffering from a
mental or physical condition that significantly reduced his culpability). Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-
113(8). The trial court enhanced the defendant’s Range I sentence for the Class B felony to eleven
years, and then reduced the sentence to ten years due to the mitigating factor.

         The defendant argues the trial court misapplied the two enhancement factors. First, he
submits the proof was insufficient to establish the defendant was the leader in the offense. However,
it is not necessary for the trial court to find the defendant to be the leader of the offense; instead, the
statute only requires the defendant to be a leader in the offense. Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-114(2);
State v. Robinson, 971 S.W.2d 30, 47 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997). The proof at trial established the
defendant initiated the crime when he attacked Ricky Ramsey; thus, the proof was sufficient to
support the trial court’s finding that the defendant was a leader in the commission of the offense of
aggravated robbery.

        However, the trial court misapplied enhancement factor (3)(the offense involved more than
one victim). This factor may not be applied where the defendant is separately convicted of offenses
committed against each victim. State v. Williamson, 919 S.W.2d 69, 82 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995).
Here, the defendant was convicted of separate offenses for his actions against the other victims; thus,
the factor cannot be applied. However, after our review of the record, we conclude the application
of the other enhancement factor justifies the ten-year sentence, which is two years above the
minimum.

        The defendant, who was eighteen at the time of the offense, further argues the trial court
should have applied Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-113(6) as a mitigating factor because he lacked
substantial judgment in committing the offense because of his youth. Our state supreme court has
stated “courts should consider the concept of youth in context, i.e., the defendant’s age, education,
maturity, experience, mental capacity or development, and any other pertinent circumstances tending
to demonstrate the defendant’s ability or inability to appreciate the nature of his conduct.” State v.
Adams, 864 S.W.2d 31, 33 (Tenn. 1993). The application of factor (6) is not determined solely by
chronological age. State v. Elder, 982 S.W.2d 871, 879 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998). The defendant
submits evidence presented regarding his age, education, experience and social history warrants the
application of this mitigator. The defendant testified he reads at a second grade level. His
grandmother testified the defendant’s mother abused him and gave him Valium as a small child. She
also said the defendant has a learning disability. It appears to this court that the trial court considered


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this evidence in applying mitigating factor (8) (the defendant was suffering from a mental or physical
condition that significantly reduced his culpability). Since the trial court considered these matters
under mitigating factor (8), the defendant is entitled to no further reduction under mitigating factor
(6).

         The defendant further urges this court to consider the defendant’s expressions of remorse as
a mitigating factor. At sentencing, the defendant submitted original letters to the victims in which
he asked them for forgiveness. However, the defendant told the probation officer preparing the
presentence report the offenses were “all a misunderstanding and if I wasn’t hanging with the wrong
people, I wouldn’t be in this predicament.” Further, at sentencing, the defendant told the assistant
district attorney, “You treat me worse than anybody else. Like saying I’m the guilty one.” We are
unable to conclude the defendant is entitled to a further reduction based upon his alleged remorse.

       For the reasons set forth, we affirm the defendant’s sentence of ten years for aggravated
robbery.

                                     B. Aggravated Assaults

        The range of punishment for a Range I offender for aggravated assault, a Class C felony, is
three to six years. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-112(a)(3). In setting each aggravated assault
sentence at five years, the trial court applied enhancement factors (10) (the defendant had no
hesitation about committing a crime when the risk to human life was high) and (16) (the crime was
committed under circumstances under which the potential for bodily injury to a victim was great).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-114(10), (16). As previously stated, the defendant’s convictions for
aggravated assault rather than simple assault were based on his displaying a deadly weapon. There
is necessarily a risk to human life and a great potential for bodily injury whenever a deadly weapon
is used. State v. Nix, 922 S.W.2d 894, 903 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995); State v. Hill, 885 S.W.2d 357,
363 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994). Therefore, these enhancement factors were inherent in the
defendant’s aggravated assault convictions, and the trial court should not have used them to enhance
the defendant’s sentences. Therefore, we reduce each sentence for aggravated assault to the
minimum sentence of three years.

                                    C. Consecutive Sentencing

        The defendant further argues the trial court erred by ordering his sentences for aggravated
assault to be served consecutively to his aggravated robbery sentence. The trial court imposed
consecutive sentencing after finding defendant was a “dangerous offender,” and he committed the
instant offenses while on probation for misdemeanor assault. A court may order sentences to run
consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that:

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       (4) [t]he defendant is a dangerous offender whose behavior indicates little or no
       regard for human life, and no hesitation about committing a crime in which the risk
       to human life is high; [or]

       (6) [t]he defendant is sentenced for an offense committed while on probation.

       ....

Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-115(b)(4), (6); see also State v. Black, 924 S.W.2d 912, 917 (Tenn. Crim.
App. 1995).

        Specific findings that an extended sentence is necessary to protect society and is reasonably
related to the severity of the offenses are prerequisites to consecutive sentencing under the
“dangerous offender” category in Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-115(b)(4). State v. Wilkerson, 905
S.W.2d 933, 939 (Tenn. 1995). However, such specific factual findings are not required for the other
categories of Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-115(b). State v. Lane, 3 S.W.3d 456, 461 (Tenn. 1999).
Nevertheless, the general principles of sentencing require that the length of sentence be “justly
deserved in relation to the seriousness of the offense” and “be no greater than that deserved for the
offense committed.” Id. at 460 (citing Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 40-35-102(1) and 103(2)).

         The trial court failed to make the required Wilkerson findings regarding the “dangerous
offender” category. However, the trial court properly found that the instant offenses were committed
while the defendant was on supervised probation for misdemeanor assault. This alone is sufficient
to justify consecutive sentencing. See State v. Ensley, 956 S.W.2d 502, 514 (Tenn. Crim. App.
1996) (holding only one statutory factor is needed to justify consecutive sentences). An aggregate
sentence of thirteen years is justly deserved, and no greater than that deserved, for these offenses.


                                         CONCLUSION

       In summary, we affirm all convictions. We affirm the sentence of ten years for aggravated
robbery, reduce the sentences for each of the two aggravated assaults to three years, and require the
two three-year sentences to run concurrently with each other but consecutively to the ten-year
sentence, for a total effective sentence of thirteen years.




       AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.



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       JOE G. RILEY, JUDGE




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