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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. CHRISTOPHER ALLEN KEYT

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 7, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Robert L. Jolley, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Christopher Allen Keyt.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Stephen Hatchett, District Attorney General; and Shari Lynn Tayloe, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Christopher Allen Keyt, was convicted by a Monroe County jury of possession with the intent to sell or deliver 0.5 grams or more of methamphetamine (count one) and possession of a firearm during the attempt to commit a dangerous felony (count two). The trial court sentenced Defendant to thirteen years for count one and four years for count two, to run consecutively. Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by denying a motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant, that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, that the trial court erred in qualifying a detective as an expert in the methamphetamine trade in Monroe County, and that the trial court erred by restricting Defendant’s questioning of the detective. Upon review of the entire record, the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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