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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAYLON HATCH

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 3, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Rosalind E. Brown (on appeal); and Jim Hale (at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jaylon Hatch.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; John Cerisano, Assistant Attorney General; Steve Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Forrest M. Edwards and Chris Lareau, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The Defendant, Jaylon Hatch, was convicted by a Shelby County Criminal Court jury of attempted premeditated first degree murder, a Class A felony; aggravated assault in concert with two or more persons, a Class B felony; reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm into a habitation, a Class C felony; and employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, a Class C felony. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-202 (first degree murder), 39-13-102 (Supp. 2019) (subsequently amended) (aggravated assault), 39-13-103 (Supp. 2019) (reckless endangerment), 39-17-1324 (Supp. 2019) (subsequently amended) (employing a firearm). The trial court imposed an effective twenty-one-year sentence. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to establish that he was the perpetrator of the conviction offenses because they are based on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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