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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TOMAR DONYELLE BEARD

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 12, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Mitchell A. Raines, (on appeal), Appellate Division Assistant Public Defender; Jeremy B. Epperson, District Public Defender; Joshua L. Phillips, (at trial), Assistant Public Defender, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tomar Donyelle Beard.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Richard D. Douglas, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jody S. Pickens, District Attorney General; and Alfred L. Earls and Matthew Floyd, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Madison County jury convicted the Defendant, Tomar Donyelle Beard, of attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault, and employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of thirty-one years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that the trial court erred when it excluded the Defendant’s expert from testifying and denied the Defendant’s motion for a continuance. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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