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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MARK KETRON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 16, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joseph W. McMurray, Kingsport, Tennessee, for the appellant, Mark Ketron.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Courtney N. Orr, Deputy Attorney General (at oral argument); Garrett D. Ward, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Barry P. Staubus, District Attorney General; and Louis D. Torch, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): DYER

Following the denial of a motion to suppress, the defendant, Mark Ketron, pled guilty to driving under the influence (“DUI”), DUI per se, and violation of the light law, for which he was sentenced to an effective term of eleven months and twenty-nine days suspended to probation after service of forty-eight hours in jail. On appeal, the defendant asserts that, as part of his plea, he reserved the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. Following a thorough review of the record, the briefs, and the oral arguments of the parties, we conclude the defendant failed to properly certify a question of law pursuant to Rule 37(b)(2) of the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure. Accordingly, this Court is without jurisdiction, and the appeal is dismissed.

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