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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TIMOTHY D. STANTON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 12, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Gerald L. Gulley, Jr. (on appeal) and Julie Kuykendall (at trial), Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Timothy D. Stanton.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Debbie Malone and Sean Roberts, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

A Knox County jury convicted the Defendant, Timothy Stanton, of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and domestic assault. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of twelve years’ incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal upon conclusion of the State’s case. He also asserts that his conviction for aggravated kidnapping cannot stand because the victim’s confinement was merely incidental to the accompanying assault under State v. White, 362 S.W.3d 559 (Tenn. 2012). Upon our review, we respectfully affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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