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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. BILLY JOE ANDERSON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 25, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Austin K. VanHoy (on appeal), Johnson City, Tennessee; and Gene G. Scott, Jr. and Erin McArdle (at guilty plea and sentencing), Jonesborough, Tennessee, for the appellant, Billy Joe Anderson.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin L. Barker, Assistant Attorney General; Steve Finney, District Attorney General; L. Scott Shults and Fred Lance, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The Defendant, Billy Joe Anderson, pleaded guilty in the Washington County Criminal Court in case number 48319 to second degree murder, a Class A felony, and in case number 48913 to attempted first degree murder, a Class A felony. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-210 (2018) (second degree murder); 39-13-202 (Supp. 2024) (first degree murder); 39-12-101 (2018) (criminal attempt). On appeal, the Defendant contends the trial court erred by determining that he was a Range II multiple offender based on his 2010 Florida conviction. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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