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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ARTHUR DAVIS HICKS, JR.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 12, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jonathan C. Brown, Fayetteville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Arthur Davis Hicks, Jr.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Robert J. Carter, District Attorney General; and Amber Sandoval and Michael Randles, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Arthur Davis Hicks, Jr., (“Defendant”) appeals his convictions for reckless aggravated assault resulting in death and felon in possession of a weapon, for which he received a total effective sentence of twenty-eight years’ incarceration. Defendant contends that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions; (2) the trial court abused its discretion by admitting testimony from the State’s expert forensic scientist regarding gunshot residue analysis performed by her co-worker; (3) the trial court erred in excluding testimony regarding the victim’s prior history of carrying a weapon and his “violent tendencies”; and (4) the trial court imposed an excessive sentence. Upon review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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