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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TYLER CHRISTIAN

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 23, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: George Edward S. Pettigrew, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tyler Christian.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Lacy E. Wilbur, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Charme Allen, District Attorney General; and Takisha Fitzgerald, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WILSON

A Knox County Jury convicted Defendant, Tyler Christian, of two counts of carjacking and one count of driving on a revoked license. The trial court merged the carjacking convictions and imposed an effective sentence of sixteen years’ confinement as a Range II offender. On appeal, Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions, the trial court’s decision to supplement the pattern jury instructions with definitions of “force” and “violence,” and the trial court’s denial of Defendant’s motion for new trial. After review, we affirm.

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