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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOMO KENYATTA BERRY

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 13, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Mark C. Hazlewood, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jomo Kenyatta Berry.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Charme Allen, District Attorney General; and Sean Roberts and Joseph Welker, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): DYER

A Knox County jury convicted the defendant, Jomo Kenyatta Berry, of one count of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of aggravated stalking, two counts of vandalism, three counts of reckless endangerment, one count of theft, one count of burglary of a vehicle, one count of attempted second-degree murder, and one count of aggravated assault, for which he received an effective sentence of forty-one years in confinement. On appeal, the defendant contends the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction for aggravated assault. The defendant also argues the trial court erred in denying his motion to sever, the trial court failed to give complete and accurate jury instructions, and improper argument by the State affected the verdict. After reviewing the record and considering the applicable law, we remand the case to the trial court for entry of corrected judgment forms in counts five, eight, eleven, and fourteen. In all other respects, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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