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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. WILLIAM EUGENE MOON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 19, 2025

Head Comment: USMAN dissenting

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Drew Justice, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the appellant, William Eugene Moon.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Garrett D. Ward, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Craig Northcott, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

Following a retrial, Defendant, William Eugene Moon, was convicted by a Coffee County jury of attempted second degree murder and employment of a firearm during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony and sentenced to an effective sixteen-year sentence to serve in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, Defendant asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions; that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of attempted voluntary manslaughter; that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a written request for the jury instruction before the jury began its deliberation; that the trial court erred by denying Defendant’s motion to suppress his statements; and that Defendant was denied a speedy trial. Having reviewed the entire record and the arguments of the parties, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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