DARIUS MARKEE ALSTON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 22, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jacob A. Vanzin, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Darius Markee Alston.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Richard D. Douglas, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Mark E. Davidson, District Attorney General; and Julie Pillow, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Petitioner and his co-defendant were convicted by a Lauderdale County jury of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree felony murder, two counts of especially aggravated robbery, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, for which the Petitioner received an effective sentence of life in confinement. State v. Alston, No. W2018-00550-CCA-R3-CD, 2020 WL 1972334, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 24, 2020). This court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal. Based upon the above reasoning and authority, we affirm the coram nobis court’s denial of the petition.

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