MATHIAS, Judge.
Joey Jennings ("Jennings") was convicted of Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 150 days suspended and 360 days of probation. Jennings appeals and raises two issues, which we restate as:
We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with instructions.
On the evening of May 26, 2009, Jennings's girlfriend, Leticia Terrell ("Terrell"), and Cody Pope ("Pope") were visiting Caroline and Sam Martin ("the Martins") at the Martins' residence. At approximately 11:00 p.m., as Terrell was preparing to leave, the occupants of the house heard Jennings's vehicle, which had muffler damage and made a distinctive sound, driving toward the house. While Ms. Martin was walking Terrell to her car, Jennings parked his vehicle nearby, got out, and approached Terrell. When Terrell and Jennings began talking, Ms. Martin went back inside the house and closed the door. Pope stayed inside the house during the exchange because Jennings had previously threatened Pope's life for "messing with" Terrell, and Pope "didn't want any problems." Tr. pp. 64, 65.
Shortly after Ms. Martin re-entered the house, she and Pope both heard a loud noise coming from outside. Pope described the sound as "a pssshh sound, like a trailer brake or something." Id. at 66. Ms. Martin likened the sound to "a semi[']s air brakes going off." Id. at 82. A few seconds later, Pope heard "screeching tires" and the distinctive muffler sound of Jennings's car as it sped away. Id. at 66. Terrell left immediately thereafter.
About an hour later, after Pope and the Martins finished watching a movie, Pope decided to leave. Pope got into his truck and started to back up when he realized he had a flat tire. When he got out to investigate, Pope discovered a gash in his tire and three large scratches down the side of the truck. Pope then told the Martins that his truck had been vandalized, and they called the police.
On June 19, 2009, the State charged Jennings with Class A misdemeanor criminal mischief for damaging Pope's truck. Jennings's jury trial commenced on July 22, 2010, during which the State orally amended the charge to Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief. At the conclusion of the evidence, Jennings was found guilty as charged. The trial court sentenced Jennings to 180 days, with thirty days executed and 150 days suspended. The court further sentenced Jennings to 360 days of probation. Jennings now appeals.
Jennings argues that the State presented insufficient evidence to support his conviction for Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief. In reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we neither reweigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of witnesses. Atteberry v. State, 911 N.E.2d 601, 609 (Ind.Ct.App.2009). Instead, we consider only the evidence supporting the conviction and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom. Id. If there is substantial evidence of probative value from which a reasonable trier of fact could have drawn the conclusion that the defendant was guilty of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt, then the verdict will not be disturbed. Baumgartner v. State, 891 N.E.2d 1131, 1137 (Ind.Ct. App.2008). Circumstantial evidence alone is sufficient to sustain a conviction. Green v. State, 808 N.E.2d 137, 138 (Ind.Ct.App. 2004).
In order to convict Jennings of Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief, the State was required to prove that Jennings "recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally damage[d] or deface[d]" Pope's truck without Pope's consent. See Ind.Code § 35-43-1-2(a) (2004). Jennings contends that the State presented insufficient evidence to prove that he was the person who damaged Pope's truck. We disagree.
Jennings also claims that the trial court erred by sentencing him in excess of the statutory maximum sentence. Jennings committed Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief, for which the maximum sentence is 180 days. See Ind.Code § 35-50-3-3 (2004). But when a court suspends any portion of a misdemeanor sentence, "it may place the person on probation ... for a fixed period of not more than one (1) year, notwithstanding the maximum term of imprisonment for the misdemeanor.... However, the combined term of imprisonment and probation for a misdemeanor may not exceed one (1) year." Ind.Code § 35-50-3-1(b) (2004).
Here, Jennings received the maximum 180-day sentence, with thirty days executed and 150 days suspended, and 360 days of probation.
In some cases, this court has concluded that a defendant's term of imprisonment
Similarly, in Copeland v. State, the defendant was convicted of a Class A misdemeanor and sentenced to 365 days, all suspended, and an additional 180 days of probation. 802 N.E.2d 969, 972 (Ind.Ct. App.2004). This court held that the defendant's combined term of probation and imprisonment exceeded one year in violation of Indiana Code section 35-50-3-1(b) because "the rule applies to both executed and suspended terms of imprisonment." Id. at 972 n. 4. In reaching this conclusion, the court reasoned that:
Id. (quoting Beck v. State, 790 N.E.2d 520, 523 (Ind.Ct.App.2003) (Martingly-May, J., concurring in result)) (alterations in original, internal quotation marks omitted).
But other cases have construed the phrase "term of imprisonment" as it appears in Indiana Code section 35-50-3-1(b) to encompass only the executed portion of a sentence. For example, in Beck, the defendant was convicted of a Class A misdemeanor and received the maximum 365-day sentence, with 351 days suspended, plus 365 days of probation. 790 N.E.2d at 521-22. This court held that Beck's sentence violated Indiana Code section 35-50-3-1(b), but only to the extent that her combined executed sentence and term of probation exceeded one year. Id. at 523. Thus, the court remanded to the trial court for a redetermination of the term of probation, "not to exceed 351 days." Id. However, in her brief on appeal, Beck argued that her "probation cannot exceed 351 days, the difference between the statutory maximum one year sentence and the 14 days of her executed sentence." Beck Appellant's Brief, 2003 WL 25283089, at *8. Thus, because Beck did not raise the issue of whether her term of imprisonment included both her executed and suspended sentences, Beck cannot be considered authority for the proposition that a term of imprisonment for the purposes of Indiana Code section 35-50-3-1(b) includes only the executed portion of a sentence.
Likewise, in Fry v. State, the defendant was convicted of Class B misdemeanor battery and sentenced to 180 days, with thirty days executed and 150 days suspended, and 365 days of probation. 939 N.E.2d 687, 688 (Ind.Ct.App.2010). This court concluded that the defendant's combined terms of probation and imprisonment exceeded one year, in violation of the statute, but that his term of imprisonment for the purposes of the statute included only the executed portion of his sentence. Id. at 691. Thus, the court remanded to the trial court with instructions to "clarify or modify Fry's sentence as necessary so that the combined term of the executed
We find our supreme court's decision in Mask v. State, 829 N.E.2d 932 (Ind.2005), instructive on the issue of whether a term of imprisonment for the purposes of Indiana Code section 35-50-3-1(b) includes both the executed and suspended portions of a sentence. In Mask, the court interpreted the statutory phrase "terms of imprisonment" as it appears in Indiana Code section 35-50-1-2(c) (2004), which provides that when a court imposes consecutive sentences for felonies other than crimes of violence,
In Mask, the defendant received the maximum three-year sentence on each of three Class D felony convictions arising out of a single episode of criminal conduct. 829 N.E.2d at 934-35. The court ordered that all three sentences be served consecutively, but suspended two of the sentences. Id. at 935. Thus, Mask received an aggregate sentence of nine years with three years executed and six years suspended. On appeal, Mask argued that his sentence violated Indiana Code section 35-50-1-2(c) because, "although he received only three years of executed time for the class D felonies in the December incident, the total time he received for that criminal episode (nine years) exceeds the four years that is the presumptive for a class C felony." Id. at 935. Our supreme court agreed, reasoning that:
Based on the reasoning set forth by our supreme court in Mask, and this court's decisions in Collins and Copeland, we conclude that Jennings's term of imprisonment for the purposes of Indiana Code section 35-50-3-1(b) includes not only the thirty-day executed portion of his sentence, but also the 150-day suspended term. Thus, the trial court's imposition of a 360-day term of probation in addition to Jennings's 180-day term of imprisonment caused Jennings to serve more than one year of combined imprisonment and probation, in violation of Indiana Code section 35-50-3-1(b). We therefore remand this cause to the trial court for a redetermination of Jennings's period of probation, not to exceed 185 days.
The State presented sufficient evidence to support Jennings's conviction. However, the trial court erred when it sentenced Jennings to a combined term of imprisonment and probation exceeding one year. We therefore remand to the trial court for a redetermination of Jennings's period of probation, not to exceed 185 days.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
BAILEY, J., and CRONE, J., concur.