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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. SHANADA NICOLE SNIPES

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 23, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joshua L. Phillips (on appeal), Lexington, Tennessee, and J. Colin Morris (at trial), Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellant, Shanada Nicole Snipes.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Raymond J. Lepone, Assistant Attorney General; Jody Pickens, District Attorney General; and Lee R. Sparks and Bradley F. Campine, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Defendant, Shanada Nicole Snipes, pled guilty in the Madison County Circuit Court to aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, and multiple drug offenses. After a sentencing hearing, she received an effective ten-year sentence to be served in confinement. On appeal, the Defendant claims that the trial court erred by failing to apply mitigating factor (13) to her convictions. Upon review, we conclude that the trial court properly sentenced the Defendant. However, we also conclude that the Defendant’s conviction of possession of a Schedule II controlled substance with intent to sell in count three must be reversed and vacated because the Defendant was not charged with that offense and that the case must be remanded to the trial court for correction of the judgment in count four to reflect that the Defendant received a ten-year sentence for possession of a Schedule II controlled substance with intent to deliver. The Defendant’s convictions and effective ten-year sentence are affirmed in all other respects.

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