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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MARTHA JANE DUROCHER

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 27, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Travis Jones, District Public Defender; Robert R. Wagonschutz, Assistant Public Defender, Tennessee, for the appellant, Martha Jane Durocher.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Brent Cooper, District Attorney General; and Pamela Anderson, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

Defendant, Martha Jane Durocher, was indicted by the Maury County Grand Jury for reckless endangerment with a weapon. Defendant was convicted as charged after a bench trial, and the trial court imposed a two-year sentence to be suspended on probation. Defendant appeals, arguing the evidence at trial was insufficient. Because the evidence does not establish that Defendant’s conduct placed any person or persons in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, we reverse and vacate her conviction for felony reckless endangerment with a weapon.

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