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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TIMOTHY ALAN STEPHENSON

Posted by: Barry Kolar on Dec 26, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Eric Lutton, District Public Defender, Patrick Leonard, Assistant District Public Defender, (at plea submission hearing); and Jonathan Harwell, Assistant Public Defender (on appeal), Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Timothy Alan Stephenson

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Mitchell Eisenberg and Chris Scruggs, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Timothy Alan Stephenson, was indicted by the Knox County Grand Jury for (1) possession of 0.5 grams or more of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver; (2) possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony; (3) possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a violent felony; and (4) possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He pled guilty to counts one and three of the indictment and agreed to concurrent ten-year sentences with the trial court to determine the manner of service. Counts two and four were dismissed pursuant to the agreement. The trial court sentenced Defendant to serve the ten-year concurrent sentences in confinement. Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion in denying probation. Following our review of the record, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court but remand for entry of judgment forms for the counts dismissed pursuant to the plea agreement.

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