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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JUWAN JAHEIM GAINES

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 28, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jay Umerley (on appeal) and Nicholas McGregor (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Juwan Jaheim Gaines.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Raymond J. Lepone, Assistant Attorney General; Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and David Jones and Doug Thurman, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

The Defendant, Juwan Jaheim Gaines, appeals from his convictions for attempted first degree premeditated murder wherein the victim suffered serious bodily injury, employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. He asserts that the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on self-defense constitutes reversible error, that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, and that the trial court abused its discretion by imposing an excessive sentence. After review, we remand the case to the trial court for entry of corrected judgment forms. In all other respects, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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