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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LUKE JACKSON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 9, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Alan C. Norton (on appeal), and Ryan Wheeler (at hearing on motion to withdraw guilty plea), Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Luke Jackson.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine Orr, Assistant Attorney General; Coty G. Wamp, District Attorney General; and P. Andrew Coyle, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Luke Jackson, appeals the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter, for which he is serving a fifteen-year sentence as a Range III offender. On appeal, Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea because (1) he did not fully understand the details of his plea agreement and (2) he received the ineffective assistance of counsel. He asserts that he was unaware that he would be sentenced outside of his range and that he entered the plea out of fear and lack of medical treatment while incarcerated. Following our review of the entire record and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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