The court heard testimony from Denethia Qualls of Mid Cumberland Human Resource Agency that Jonathan Finch never completed his intake after being placed on community corrections in 2021 and that there is no record of supervision contacts. Finch testified he moved to Columbus, Georgia, worked there and had been living outside Tennessee until authorities arrested him on a Tennessee warrant.

The court reviewed Finch’s prior criminal history, including multiple prior convictions and the state’s notice seeking enhanced punishment under the offender-range provisions. The judge concluded Finch absconded from supervision, did not comply with reporting requirements, and was unsuitable for reinstatement or community-based treatment. The court found him guilty of violating probation/community-corrections terms and remanded him to serve his sentence as a range-3 offender.

The ruling emphasized that compliance with reporting and intake requirements is a core probation/community-corrections condition and that absconding undermines eligibility for treatment alternatives.