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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DANIEL SMITH

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Aug 11, 2022

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Phyllis Aluko, Shelby County Public Defender; Tony N. Brayton (on appeal), Assistant Shelby County Public Defender; and Robert H. Gowen, Assistant Shelby County Public Defender (at hearing), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Daniel Smith.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Lindsay Haynes Sisco, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Michael Haas, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

The Defendant, Daniel Smith, appeals the trial court’s revocation of his ten-year probation sentence for aggravated assault. The trial court determined that the Defendant’s act of sending a letter to the victim violated the terms of his probation sentence and ordered the Defendant to serve his sentence. The Defendant asserts that the trial court’s revocation of his probation sentence was an abuse of discretion and that he should be returned to service of a probation sentence. After review, we conclude that revocation of the probation sentence was not an abuse of discretion.

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