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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RICHARD COLE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 27, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Eric Lutton, District Public Defender; and Jonathan Harwell, Assistant District Public Defender (on appeal), Knoxville, Tennessee; and Brooke Spivey (at probation revocation hearing), Knoxville, Tennessee for the appellant, Richard L. Cole.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Lacy E. Wilber, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Mitch Eisenberg, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

Defendant, Richard Cole, pleaded guilty to one count of vandalism of property valued at $2,500 or more but less than $10,000, a Class D felony, and the trial court sentenced him as a Range II offender to eight years to be served on supervised probation. A probation violation warrant was subsequently issued. Defendant admitted to the violation and after a hearing, the trial court revoked his probation and ordered his sentence to be executed. Following our review of the entire record and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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