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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ESAU CALEB KELLY

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 2, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Wesley D. Stone, Knoxville, Tennessee (on appeal); Alan R. Beard, Chattanooga, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Esau Caleb Kelly.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Park Huff, Assistant Attorney General; Shari Lynn Tayloe, District Attorney General; and Matthew Dunn, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Defendant, Esau Caleb Kelly, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, attempted second-degree murder, employment of a firearm during commission of a dangerous felony, and reckless endangerment by discharge of a firearm into an occupied habitation, for which he received an effective sentence of 24 years. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred in affirming the jury verdict for the attempted second-degree murder conviction and reckless endangerment by discharge of a firearm into an occupied habitation conviction. Upon our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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