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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. STEPHEN L. PURCELL, JR.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on May 13, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: John S. Colley, III, Columbia, Tennessee (at trial), and Avery Oaks, Nashville, Tennessee (on appeal), for the appellant, Stephen L. Purcell, Jr.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Renee W. Turner, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Kim R. Helper, District Attorney General, Pro Tem; Stacey Brakeen Edmonson and Jennifer K. Dungan, Assistant District Attorneys General, Pro Tem, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Lawrence County jury convicted the Defendant, Stephen L. Purcell, Jr., of felony reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, auto burglary, and theft of property valued at more than $10,000. The trial court imposed an effective twenty-year sentence to be served in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, and especially aggravated kidnapping. After a thorough review of the record and applicable law, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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