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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. EARL DAVID MANEY

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 11, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Lee Davis, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Earl David Maney.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Johnny Cerisano, Assistant Attorney General; Stephen D. Crump, District Attorney General; and Joseph V. Hoffer and Lydia Braun, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Defendant was charged with first degree premeditated murder after shooting and killing the victim during an argument. The Defendant was tried before a jury, and the trial court instructed the jury on the defense of self-defense. The jury convicted the Defendant of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The trial court sentenced the Defendant to five years of incarceration, suspended after the service of eleven months, twenty-nine days. In this direct appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred in allowing an eyewitness to offer opinion testimony, simultaneously infringing on the Defendant’s constitutional right to not testify, and that the trial court erred in ordering the Defendant to serve a portion of his sentence in confinement. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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