STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ROBERT VERNON JOHNSON A/K/A ROBERT VERNON GRIFFIN - Articles

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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ROBERT VERNON JOHNSON A/K/A ROBERT VERNON GRIFFIN

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 23, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Manuel B. Russ (on appeal), Nashville, Tennessee, and Anthony Q. Thompson and Michael Freeman (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Robert Vernon Johnson a.k.a. Robert Vernon Griffin.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Glenn Funk, District Attorney General; and Jeff George and J. Wesley King, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Robert Vernon Johnson a/k/a Robert Vernon Griffin, was convicted by a Davidson County jury of second degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He received an effective sentence of thirty-one years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial court abused its discretion in denying probation for the firearm conviction and ordering consecutive sentences. Upon review of the entire record, the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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