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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JASMINE LASHAY BLAND

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on May 2, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: M. Todd Ridley, Franklin, Tennessee (on appeal) and Melissa Downing, Covington, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Jasmine Lashay Bland.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Jonathan H. Wardle, Assistant Attorney General; Mark E. Davidson, District Attorney General; and James Walter Freeland, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Defendant, Jasmine Lashay Bland, was convicted by a Tipton County Circuit Court jury of leaving the scene of an accident, assault, and burglary of a vehicle. She was sentenced by the trial court as a Range I, standard offender to concurrent terms of two years for the felony burglary of a vehicle conviction, six months for the assault conviction, and thirty days for the leaving the scene of an accident conviction, with the sentences suspended after thirty days of incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court committed reversible error by not allowing her to cross-examine the victim about a potential source of bias related to the victim’s alleged insurance claim for personal injuries. Based on our review, we conclude that this issue is waived because it was not raised in the trial court. Accordingly, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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