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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. SIDARIUS JACKSON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 8, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joshua Hedrick, for the appellant, Sidarius Jackson.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Garrett D. Ward, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Ta Kisha M. Fitzgerald, Larry Dillon, and Phillip Morton, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Knox County jury convicted the Defendant, Sidarius Jackson, of multiple drug, gang, and gun related felonies, including murder. Before trial, the Defendant filed a motion to sever his offenses into four separate trials, and the trial granted in part and denied in part the motion. On appeal, the Defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence found as the result of a warrantless search; (2) the trial court erred when it denied his motion to sever the offenses, (3) the State’s gang- enhancement presentment was insufficient; (4) the criminal gang statute was not properly applied to his conspiracy and unlawful possession of a firearm conviction; (5) the trial court improperly considered acts he committed while a juvenile during sentencing; and (6) the evidence presented is insufficient to sustain his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to sell a controlled substance. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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