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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DALE MAURICE TEAGUE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 11, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Steven L. West, Huntingdon, Tennessee, for the appellant, Dale Maurice Teague.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; J. Neil Thompson, District Attorney General; and Michael Thorne, Adam Jowers, and Andy Clark, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Carroll County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant, Dale Maurice Teague, with unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Count 1), possession of marijuana (Count 2), possession with the intent to use drug paraphernalia (Count 3), and possession of a prohibited weapon, to wit, knuckles (Count 4). After the trial court granted a motion for judgment of acquittal on the marijuana count, the jury convicted the Defendant of the remaining offenses, and the trial court imposed an effective eighteen-year sentence. On appeal, the Defendant argues: (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions for the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a prohibited weapon, knuckles; (2) the State violated two pretrial orders that resulted in the improper admission of hearsay and prior bad act evidence; and (3) the trial court erred in denying his initial motion to suppress and in denying his motion to reconsider the motion to suppress. After review, we affirm.

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