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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. GABRIEL ENRIQUE TURCIOS

Posted by: Karen Belcher on May 11, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: William L. Wheatley, Sevierville, Tennessee, at trial and on appeal, for the appellant, Gabriel Enrique Turcios.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Garrett D. Ward, Assistant Attorney General; Jimmy B. Dunn, District Attorney General; and Rolfe Straussfogel, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

A Sevier County jury convicted Defendant, Gabriel Enrique Turcios, of first-degree premeditated murder. At sentencing, the jury found that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel in that it involved torture or serious physical abuse beyond that necessary to produce death, and sentenced him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On appeal, he claims the evidence is insufficient to support the application of the aggravating circumstance for the sentence. After a thorough review of the record and the parties’ briefs, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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