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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAYLUN MALIK CURRIE

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Mar 26, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joseph B. Simmons, III, (on appeal); Bryan Huffman, (at motion for new trial), Covington, Tennessee; and Frank Deslauriers, Assistant Public Defender (at trial and sentencing), for the appellant, Jaylun Malik Currie.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ronald L. Coleman, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Mark Davidson, District Attorney General; and Stephanie Draughon and Jason Poyner, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

A Tipton County Grand Jury indicted Defendant for especially aggravated kidnapping, especially aggravated burglary, and aggravated assault by strangulation. Prior to trial, counts one and two of the indictment were amended to aggravated kidnapping and aggravated burglary. Following a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault by strangulation, and aggravated criminal trespass. The trial court sentenced Defendant to an effective eight-year sentence. Defendant appeals, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault by strangulation. Following our review of the entire record, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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