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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MARLOS LEKEITH TIPTON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 29, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jessica F. Butler (on appeal), Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Division, Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference, for the appellant; and Marlos LeKeith Tipton, Pro Se (at trial), Lexington, Tennessee.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Abigail H. Rinard and George Kirby May, Assistant Attorneys General; Jody S. Pickens, District Attorney General; and Eric V. Wood, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

The Defendant, Marlos LeKeith Tipton, appeals from his convictions for vehicular homicide and speeding following a bench trial. Specifically, the Defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial based on the trial court’s denial of funding for a defense expert in vehicle collisions. He further argues that the proof was insufficient to support his conviction of vehicular homicide based upon reckless conduct predicated on excessive speed alone. After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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