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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. BYRON PIPKIN

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 3, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joseph McClusky (on appeal), Juni Ganguli (at trial), and Katherine Oberembt (at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Byron Pipkin.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ryan W. Davis, Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Alanda H. Dwyer and Leslie Byrd, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Shelby County jury convicted the Defendant, Byron Pipkin, of first degree premeditated murder, especially aggravated kidnapping, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing a firearm during a felony, and possessing a handgun as a convicted felon. The trial court imposed an effective life sentence plus sixty-eight years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that the evidence is insufficient to support his first degree premeditated murder conviction and the trial court erred when it admitted prejudicial information. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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