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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ZYQIIUS QUADE’ BARNES

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 3, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Manuel B. Russ (on appeal); and William J. Conway (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Zyqiius Quade’ Barnes.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball (at oral argument) and William C. Lundy, Assistant Attorneys General; Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Vincent Wyatt and Chicoya Gallman, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Davidson County jury convicted the Defendant, Zyqiius Quade’ Barnes, of one count of second degree murder and one count of reckless aggravated assault. The trial court sentenced the Defendant to an effective sentence of seventeen years of incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court erred when it included a “defense of a third person” instruction in its jury charge and when it enhanced his sentence. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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