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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CARLOS DARNELL DIXON

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Oct 6, 2022

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Mark C. Scruggs, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Carlos Darnell Dixon.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; T. Austin Watkins, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Amy D. Hunter, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Defendant, Carlos Darnell Dixon, was convicted after a jury trial of second degree murder, a Class A felony, and two counts of aggravated assault, a Class C felony, and sentenced to an effective thirty years in confinement. On appeal, Defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for second degree murder; that the State infringed upon his Second Amendment right to bear arms by cross-examining him about his experience with guns and gun ownership; and that his sentence for second degree murder is excessive. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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