State of Tennessee v. Lee Allen Denton

The Defendant, Lee Allen Denton, appeals from the order of the trial court revoking his probation. He argues that (1) the trial court violated his due process rights by failing to provide a neutral and detached hearing body and instead applying a blanket policy of total revocation; (2) the trial court imposed an illegal sentence by increasing his release eligibi1ity percentage from sixty percent to one hundred percent through a judge-signed mittimus; and (3) the trial court failed to properly apply the required two-step analysis for probation revocation. After review, we affirm the trial court's finding that the Defendant violated his probation and the revocation of probation; however, the trial court failed to articulate sufficient findings regarding the consequences imposed, as required by State v. Dagnan, 641 S.W.3d 751 (Tenn. 2022). Because the record is insufficiently developed for meaningful de novo review, we remand for entry of findings on the record consistent with Dagnan.