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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAYSON KEITH JOHNSON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 8, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Marcus D. Noles, Camden, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jayson Keith Johnson.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ryan Dugan, Assistant Attorney General; J. Neil Thompson, District Attorney General; and Michael Thorne and Deven Wilson Whitfield, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

A Benton County jury convicted the Defendant, Jayson Keith Johnson, of reckless homicide and introduction of contraband into a penal institution. At the sentencing hearing, the trial court found that the Defendant was a Range III, persistent offender. It also found that consecutive sentences were appropriate and sentenced the Defendant to an effective term of twenty years. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court improperly imposed consecutive sentences. He also asserts that the State did not provide adequate pretrial notice that he would be subject to Range III sentencing. Upon our review, we hold that the trial court acted within its discretion in imposing consecutive sentences. However, we respectfully remand the case for the trial court to resentence the Defendant as a Range II, multiple offender.

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