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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TYLAR SCOTT JOHNSON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 5, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Robert W. White, Maryville, Tennessee (at motion for new trial and on appeal) and Daniel Morrell and Dominic Garduño, Knoxville, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Tylar Scott Johnson.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Johnny Cerisano, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Joanie Stewart and Sean Roberts, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

A Knox County jury convicted the Defendant, Tylar Scott Johnson, of four counts of rape and one count of aggravated kidnapping, for which he received an effective sentence of thirty-six years in confinement at a one hundred-percent service rate. On appeal, the Defendant contends the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his convictions, that improper argument by the State affected the verdict, and that the trial court erred in imposing consecutive sentencing. After review, we affirm.

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