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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOHNATHAN ISSAC GRADELL ALLEN

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Sep 8, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jonathan C. Brown, Fayetteville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Johnathan Issac Gradell Allen.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Brent C. Cherry, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Robert J. Carter, District Attorney General; and Amber Sandoval, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Johnathan Issac Gradell Allen, Defendant, pleaded guilty to arson and was sentenced to four-and-one-half years’ incarceration. Defendant claims that the trial court erred by not sentencing him to an alternative sentence and by imposing an excessive sentence. Defendant also claims that the State’s negligent handling of certain sentencing documents caused an unreasonable delay in his transfer from the jail to prison thereby delaying the date of his parole hearing. After a thorough review of the record, applicable law, and the briefs, we affirm.

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