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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MARLIKKA JORDAN

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jan 15, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Kirk D. Catron and Clark D. Palombo (on appeal), Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and Andrew Beasley (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Marlikka Jordan.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline W. Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Jennings H. Jones, District Attorney General; and Hugh T. Ammerman and Sharon Reddick, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The Defendant, Marlikka Jordan, was convicted by a Rutherford County jury of aggravated child abuse, a Class A felony, and aggravated child neglect, a Class A felony, for which she is serving an effective fifteen-year sentence in confinement. See T.C.A. § 39-15-402 (2025) (subsequently amended) (aggravated child abuse and neglect). On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the victim’s injuries observed on or about August 1, 2020, and that the evidence is insufficient to support her convictions. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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