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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TIMOTHY ELIJAH OGBURN

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 16, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Chase T. Smith, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Timothy Elijah Ogburn.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; J. Katie Neff, Assistant Attorney General; Robert J. Nash, District Attorney General; and Chris W. Dotson, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Montgomery County jury convicted the Defendant, Timothy Elijah Ogburn, of one count of first degree premeditated murder, two counts of attempted first degree murder, and two counts of employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. After a sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed a life sentence for the first degree murder conviction, forty years for each attempted murder conviction, and ten years for each employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony conviction. The trial court ordered the sentences to run consecutively to one another for an effective sentence of life plus 100 years. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions; (2) the trial court’s sentence was excessive; (3) the trial court erred by not granting a new trial based on newly discovered evidence; and (4) the trial court erred by issuing a material witness bond for Devion Lisenby. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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