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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. HEATHER FISHER

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 23, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Kyle Cokkinias, Cleveland, Tennessee, for the appellant, Heather Renee Fisher.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ryan Dugan, Assistant Attorney General; Courtney C. Lynch, District Attorney General; and Colin Campbell, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

A Rhea County jury convicted the Defendant, Heather Fisher, of possession with intent to sell or deliver a controlled substance, schedule II, to wit: methamphetamine in an amount in excess of 0.5 grams (count one); three counts of possession of a schedule IV drug with intent to sell or deliver (alprazolam, diazepam, and clonazepam) (counts three through five); possession with intent to sell or deliver a schedule VI controlled substance, to wit: marijuana in excess of 0.5 grams or more (count six); possession of a weapon during commission of a drug offense (count seven); maintaining a drug involved dwelling (count eight); and possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia (count nine), for which she received an effective thirteen year sentence.1 In this appeal as of right, the Defendant challenges only her conviction in count seven for possession of a weapon during the commission of a drug offense and argues (1) the evidence failed to establish that she possessed a weapon and failed to establish that she had the requisite intent to go armed; and (2) that the trial court erred in determining that the offense of carrying a weapon was not established by the evidence and that it erred in excluding carrying a weapon as a lesser-included offense of count seven. 2 Upon our review, we affirm.

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