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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DANIEL MCCAIG

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 30, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Mitchell A. Raines, Assistant Public Defender - Appellate Division, Tennessee Public Defenders Conference (on appeal); Sean Patrick Day, District Public Defender; and Martin L. Howie and Joseline Pugh, Assistant District Public Defenders (at trial), for the appellant, Daniel McCaig.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Richard D. Douglas, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Danny H. Goodman, Jr., District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

A Dyer County jury found the Defendant, Daniel McCaig, guilty of unlawfully possessing methamphetamine and a firearm. The trial court imposed a total effective sentence of twenty-six years to be served in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that the evidence is legally insufficient to support his convictions. He also argues that the trial court erred by denying his right to represent himself and imposing consecutive sentences. Upon our review, we respectfully disagree and affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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