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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JACKIE LEE KIRBY

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 15, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Patrick Frogge, Executive Director, and Brennan M. Wingerter, Assistant Public Defender—Appellate Director, Tennessee Public Defender’s Conference; C. Richard Hughes, Jr., District Public Defender; and Tammy M. Harris-Crayne and Paul Rush, Assistant District Public Defenders, for the appellant, Jackie Lee Kirby.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Garrett D. Ward, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Shari Lynn Tayloe, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Defendant, Jackie Lee Kirby, was convicted after a bench trial of attempted aggravated kidnapping. On appeal, Defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that structural constitutional error occurred when the trial court left the bench three times while defense counsel refreshed the victim’s recollection using audio recordings. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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