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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. SHANE SCOTT CAYWOOD

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 30, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Nicholas Poe-Jones, Cleveland, Tennessee, for the appellant, Shane Scott Caywood.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Raymond J. Lepone, Assistant Attorney General; Shari Lynn Taylor, District Attorney General; and Ashley F. Zepeda, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

The Defendant, Shane Scott Caywood, pleaded guilty to the sale or delivery of 0.5 grams or more of methamphetamine, a Class B felony, felony possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class E felony, and several misdemeanors. The trial court sentenced him as a Range III Persistent Offender for the Class B felony and as a Range III Career Offender for the Class E felony and ordered concurrent sentences for an effective total of twenty-five years. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred when it denied his request for community corrections. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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