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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. NANCY ABBIE TALLENT

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 19, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Nancy Abbie Tallent, Clinton, Tennessee, Pro Se.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Courtney N. Orr, Assistant Attorney General; Dave S. Clark, District Attorney General; and Melissa Denny, Brandon K. Pelizzari, and Bradley A. Prewitt, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The pro se Defendant, Nancy Abbie Tallent, was convicted by an Anderson County Circuit Court jury of third offense driving under the influence (DUI) of an intoxicant and third offense DUI per se. See T.C.A. § 55-10-401. The trial court merged the convictions and sentenced the Defendant to eleven months and twenty-nine days in confinement, with seventy-five percent service. On appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) the trial court judge did not have authority to preside over her case; (2) no probable cause existed for her arrest; (3) the State violated her right to a speedy trial; (4) she was denied due process in numerous ways; (5) the State failed to meet its burden of proof; (6) the jury verdict was not supported by the evidence; and (7) the trial court failed to act as a thirteenth juror. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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