STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMES ELVIS PRESLEY - Articles

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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jan 28, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; William C. Lundy, Assistant Attorney General; Stephen Hatchett, District Attorney General; and Sean Boers and Ashley M. Ervin, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

Attorneys 2: William W. Gill, Assistant Public Defender, Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference, Appellate Division, Franklin, Tennessee (on appeal); Donald Leon Shahan, Jr., District Public Defender; and Paul D. Rush and Tammy Crayne, Assistant District Public Defenders, (at trial), for the appellant, James Elvis Presley.

Judge(s): AYERS

In this interlocutory appeal, the State asks this court to review the trial court’s order granting Defendant’s motion for new trial. After reviewing the entire record, the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, and the applicable law, we reverse the trial court’s order.

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