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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JEREME WALKER AMIS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 17, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Kendall Stivers Jones (on appeal), Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Division, Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference, Franklin, Tennessee, and Paul D. Hessing (at trial), Assistant District Public Defender, Camden, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jereme Walker Amis.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ryan W. Davis, Assistant Attorney General; J. Neil Thompson, District Attorney General; and Deven Wilson Whitfield and Jennifer A. Hedge, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennesse

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Defendant, Jereme Walker Amis, was convicted in the Benton County Circuit Court of possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a felony crime of violence, a Class B felony, possession of a firearm after having been convicted of felony drug offense, a Class C felony, and violating the conditions of his community supervision, a Class E felony. After a sentencing hearing, the trial court merged the convictions of possessing a firearm and sentenced him to an effective sentence of twenty-four years in confinement. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court committed plain error by refusing to accept his offer to stipulate to his prior felony convictions, that the trial court abused its discretion by denying his request to bifurcate the charge of violating the conditions of his community supervision, and that his effective sentence is excessive. Based upon the oral arguments, the record, and the parties’ briefs, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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