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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MATTHEW RICHARD HERRON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 23, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Matthew Richard Herron, Whiteville, Tennessee, pro se (at trial and on appeal); and Andrew Crawford, Knoxville, Tennessee, advisory counsel (at trial).

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Richard D. Douglas, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jared Effler, District Attorney General; and Ashley Claiborne and Andrea Bridges, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Following a trial, a jury found Defendant, Matthew Richard Herron, guilty of felony reckless endangerment with a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm having been convicted previously of a felony drug offense, for which he received a total effective sentence of ten years’ incarceration. Defendant represented himself at trial and now represents himself on appeal. Upon review of the parties’ briefs, the record, and the applicable law, we conclude that Defendant has failed to prepare a sufficient brief in compliance with Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 27(a) and Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Rule 10(b) and that, therefore, his claims are waived. Accordingly, we affirm the judgments of the criminal court

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