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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ASBEN K. CHAPMAN

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 2, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Manuel B. Russ, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Asben K. Chapman.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Abigail H. Rinard, Assistant Attorney General; Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Megan M. King, and Madeline Grace Moore, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Davidson County jury convicted the Defendant, Asben K. Chapman, of one count of first degree premeditated murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of attempted first degree murder, and two counts of employing a firearm during a dangerous felony offense. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of life plus thirty-one years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant contends: (1) the trial court improperly admitted pretrial statements; (2) the evidence was insufficient to establish premeditation for his first degree murder conviction and attempted first degree murder convictions; and (3) the trial court improperly ordered consecutive sentences. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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