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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMIE PAUL CLICK

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 7, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Wesley D. Stone, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jamie Paul Click.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Gregory C. Eshbaugh, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

In 2015, a Knox County jury convicted the Defendant, Jamie Paul Click, of conspiracy to possess with the intent to sell or deliver 150 grams or more of heroin in a drug-free zone, a Class A felony. Following amendments to the Drug-Free Zone Act, the Defendant, in 2022, filed a motion pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-17-432(h), seeking resentencing of his Range II sentence of twenty-five years, which included a mandatory minimum service requirement. The trial court found that it could not resentence the Defendant to a lower release eligibility because such was not authorized by the statutory language and denied the motion. We grant certiorari to vacate the trial court’s order and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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