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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. $133,429 IN U.S. CURRENCY SEIZED FROM JONI ASSEFA KILENTON ET AL.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on May 11, 2022

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Coleman W. Garrett and Philip Logan Wyatt, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Joni Assefa Kilenton.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery, III, Attorney General and Reporter; Andrée Sophia Blumstein, Solicitor General; and Samantha L. Simpson, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): ARMSTRONG

In this seizure and forfeiture action, we do not reach the substantive issues because the order granting the forfeiture does not comply with the requirements of Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 58 for entry of judgments. Nonetheless, we exercise our discretion under Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 2 to take jurisdiction of the appeal for the limited purpose of instructing the trial court to enter an order on remand that not only complies with Rule 58, but also makes sufficient findings to enable this Court to make a meaningful review as required under Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 52.01. Vacated and remanded.

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