State Tennessee v. Ralph Bilbrey

The defendant, Ralph L. Bilbrey, was convicted upon his nolo contendere pleas in the Cheatham County Circuit Court of five counts of fraudulent breach of trust. Judgment was entered on July 7, 1989, by which he was sentenced as a Range I, standard offender to consecutive, maximum sentences of six years on each count for a total sentence of thirty years. On July 24, 1989, the defendant filed a Motion to Reduce Sentence, Tenn. R. Crim. P. 35, seeking to have the sentences run concurrently. A hearing on the motion was held in December, 1989, and the trial courts order denying his request was entered on January 24, 1990.