We granted review in this case in order to resolve two sentencing issues. In the first, the defendant, David Keith Lane, contends that the trial court should have used the criteria set forth in State v. Wilkerson, 905 S.W.2d 933 (Tenn. 1995), (rather than the provisions of Tenn. Code Ann. ยง 40-35-115(b)(5)(1997)) to determine whether to impose consecutive sentences. In the second, the defendant asserts that he should have been granted alternative sentencing, contending that the trial court's denial of alternative sentencing was based, at least in part, upon a consideration of a conviction since dismissed and expunged from his record. Because we find that the trial court properly applied the laws and principles governing sentencing in both issues, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals.
