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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. NICHOLAS S. COLLINS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 7, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joseph W. McMurray and R. Wayne Culbertson, Kingsport, Tennessee, for the appellant, Nicholas S. Collins.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Barry P. Staubus, District Attorney General; and Kaylin K. Render, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Nicholas S. Collins, was convicted by a Sullivan County jury of the following offenses: domestic assault, a Class A misdemeanor (count 2); assault, a Class A misdemeanor (count 3); and aggravated domestic assault, a Class C felony (count 5). He received an effective sentence of seven and one-half years’ incarceration. Defendant appeals, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions. Upon review of the entire record, the briefs and arguments of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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