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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CHARLES EDWARD BLANKENSHIP

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 17, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Robert W. White, Sr., Maryville, Tennessee (on appeal); Tammy Crayne, Assistant Public Defender, Madisonville, Tennessee (on motion for new trial); Robert L. Jolley, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee (at trial and sentencing) for the appellant, Charles Edward Blankenship.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Stephen D. Crump, District Attorney General; and Matthew L. Dunn, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Charles Blankenship, was convicted by a Monroe County jury of possession of 300 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to sell or deliver and possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a violent felony. He received an effective sentence of fifty-two years’ incarceration. Defendant appeals, arguing that 1) he was denied his right to an impartial jury; 2) the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his statement; 3) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for possession of methamphetamine; 4) the trial court erred in revoking his bond during the trial; and 5) the trial court abused its discretion in ordering his sentences to be served consecutively. Upon review of the entire record, the briefs and oral argument of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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