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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. GARY DYQUANNE CROSS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 20, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: William M. Speek and Jonathan T. Turner (on appeal), and Melody Shekari and Andrea Hayduk (at trial), Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Gary Dyquanne Cross.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Coty Wamp, District Attorney General; Cameron Williams, Executive District Attorney General; and Austin Scofield and Brian Finlay, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): DYER

The defendant, Gary Dyquanne Cross, was convicted by a Hamilton County Criminal Court jury of facilitation of first-degree murder and sentenced to twenty-five years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the defendant argues that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction; (2) cellphone record evidence that was presented to the jury was unreliable; (3) the trial court erred in allowing prejudicial photographs into evidence; (4) the trial court erred in not allowing the jury to “rehear” the testimony of a State’s witness during its deliberations; (5) the trial court erred in not declaring a mistrial after an individual communicated to a member of the jury; and (6) the cumulative effect of the errors warranted a new trial. After reviewing the record and considering the applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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