STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MICHAEL TAYLOR - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 25, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Barry W. Kuhn, Assistant Shelby County Public Defender (on appeal); Phyllis Aluko, Chief Public Defender; and Michelle L. Whitman, Shelby County Public Defender (at trial), for the appellant, Michael Taylor.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin L. Barker, Assistant Attorney General; Steve Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Alyssa Hennig, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Defendant, Michael Taylor, entered a guilty plea to arson pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), for which he received an agreed upon four-year sentence with the manner of service to be determined by the trial court. Following a hearing, the trial court imposed a sentence of one year in confinement followed by three years’ supervised probation. In this appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying full probation. 1 Upon review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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