STATE OF TENNESSEE v. SHANNON JAMES KEENER - Articles

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Posted by: David Bevis on Apr 26, 2019

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Jeffrey A. DeVasher (on appeal) and C. Dawn Deaner and Georgia Sims (at hearings), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Shannon James Keener.

Attorneys 2:

Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Sophia S. Lee, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Glen R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Jenny Charles, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): OGLE

The Appellant, Shannon James Keener, pled guilty in the Davidson County Criminal Court to rape and received a ten-year sentence to be served in confinement. On appeal, the Appellant claims that his sentence is excessive and that the trial court erred by refusing to grant his request for alternative sentencing. Based upon our review of the record and the parties’ briefs, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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