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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RICKY LEE WOMAC

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jul 30, 2020

Head Comment: With separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part by MONTGOMERY

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: D. Mitchell Bryant (at sentencing and on appeal), Athens, Tennessee; and Meredith M. Ziebold and Kristen Williams (at trial), Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Ricky Lee Womac.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Cody N. Brandon, Assistant Attorney General; Stephen D. Crump, District Attorney General; and Emily E. Patton and Joseph V. Hoffer, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A McMinn County jury convicted the Defendant, Ricky Lee Womac, of two counts of attempted first degree premeditated murder and one count of reckless endangerment. In a separate proceeding, the Defendant pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. For these convictions, the trial court sentenced the Defendant to serve an effective sentence of eighty years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions for attempted first degree premeditated murder and that his trial counsel was ineffective. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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