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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. KEION LAMONTE JEMISON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 9, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Nathan S. Moore, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Keion Lamonte Jemison.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Derick Blakely, Wesley King, and Nicholas Harris, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Defendant, Keion Lamonte Jemison, appeals from his convictions for reckless homicide, aggravated assault resulting in death, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony crime of violence, for which he is serving an effective twenty-three-year sentence. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred by sentencing him for Class B felony possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a crime of violence, arguing that aggravated assault by recklessness is not included in the statutory definition of a “crime of violence. ” We affirm.

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