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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CHARLES IVIE PORTER

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 17, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Daniel J. Turklay, Lebanon, Tennessee, for the appellant, Charles Ivie Porter.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Johnny Cerisano, Assistant Attorney General; Jason Lawson, District Attorney General; and William Calla, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

After the denial of a motion to suppress, Charles Ivie Porter, Defendant, pled guilty to two counts of possession of methamphetamine with the intent to sell in exchange for the dismissal of seven additional drug charges in two separate cases. He received an effective sentence of twelve years in incarceration. Pursuant to the plea agreement, the parties reserved a certified question of law for appeal under Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 37(b)(2). After a review, we determine that we do not have jurisdiction to address the certified question because it does not meet the requirements of Rule 37(b)(2) and State v. Preston, 759 S.W.2d 647 (Tenn. 1988). Therefore, we dismiss the appeal.

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