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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Aug 30, 2023

Head Comment: CORRECTED OPINION: See details of changes in the summary section below.

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joshua D. Hedrick (on appeal) and Gregory P. Isaacs and J. Franklin Ammons (at trial), Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jeremy Jerome Hardison.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Garrett D. Ward, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Hector I. Sanchez and Joanie Stallard Stewart, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

Corrections are as follows:

Page 26 (1) comma added: Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 10, § 2.11(A)(1), (6)(a), (b).

Page 28 (1) Removed “the” from quote: At a suppression hearing, “[q]uestions of credibility of the witnesses, the weight and value of the evidence, and resolution of conflicts in the evidence are matters entrusted to the trial judge as the trier of fact.” State v. Odom, 928 S.W.2d 18, 23 (Tenn. 1996).

Page 29 (1) Changed to “searches and seizures.” “The Defendant’s suppression issues implicate the protections against unreasonable searches and seizures found in our federal and state constitutions.” (2) Comma added in addition to capitalizing “oath” and “warrant.” "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. (3) Quotations marks added: “Probable cause has been defined as a reasonable ground for suspicion, supported by circumstances indicative of an illegal act.” Henning, 975 S.W.2d at 294

Page 30 (1) “Crim. App.” to citation: State v. Dobbins, 754 S.W.2d 637, 641 (Crim. App. Tenn. 1988).

Page 32 (1) Add “2d” to Littleshort citation.