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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ERIC WAYNE HERNDON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 27, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Cory Hancock, Selmer, Tennessee, for the appellant, Eric Wayne Herndon.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Frederick Agee, District Attorney General; and Scott Kirk and Jacob London, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WILSON

A Gibson County jury convicted Defendant, Eric Wayne Herndon, of violation of an order of protection and aggravated stalking. Defendant received an effective sentence of two years’ confinement. On appeal, Defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for violation of an order of protection and aggravated stalking. After review, we conclude that the evidence was insufficient to sustain Defendant’s conviction for violation of an order of protection, and we reverse that judgment and dismiss that conviction accordingly. We also conclude the evidence was insufficient to sustain Defendant’s conviction for aggravated stalking, but we determine that the proof was sufficient to support the lesser-included offense of stalking, which was charged to the jury. Accordingly, we reverse Defendant’s conviction for aggravated stalking, and we remand the case to the trial court for entry of an amended judgment reflecting a conviction for stalking and for resentencing on this modified conviction.

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