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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JEFFERY LYNN LANE, JR.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 28, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: William W. Gill and Raven Prean-Morris (on appeal), Assistant Public Defenders – Appellate Division, Franklin, Tennessee, and Austin W. Bethany (at trial), Assistant District Public Defender, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jeffery Lynn Lane, Jr.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Jacob Durst, Strategic Litigation Counsel; Jody S. Pickens, District Attorney General; and Bradley F. Champine, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Court Appealed: CAMPBELL

The Defendant, Jeffery Lynn Lane, Jr., was convicted in the Madison County Circuit Court of possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a felony crime of violence, driving without a license, and driving without proof of insurance and received an effective twelve- year sentence to be served at eighty-five percent release eligibility. On appeal, he claims that the evidence is insufficient to show he possessed the firearm, that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence, and that the trial court committed plain error by allowing the State to introduce evidence of uncharged offenses. Based upon the oral arguments, the record, and the parties’ brief, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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