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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CHRISTOPHER R. SMITH

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Oct 14, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Mitchell A. Raines, Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Division, Franklin, Tennessee; Martin L. Howie (at trial) and Joseline Pugh (at trial), Dyersburg, Tennessee, for the appellant, Christopher R. Smith.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Richard D. Douglas, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Danny H. Goodman, Jr., District Attorney General; and Lance E. Webb, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Lake County jury convicted the Defendant, Christopher R. Smith, of two counts of aggravated assault, a Class C felony. The trial court sentenced the Defendant as a career offender to consecutive fifteen-year sentences for each conviction. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgment in Count 1 for aggravated assault, modify Count 2 to a conviction for assault, and remand for entry of an amended judgment and sentencing on Count 2.

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