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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JEROME NCHIYAKO DOOLEY

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 7, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jonathan P. Harwell, Knoxville, Tennessee (on appeal), and David Skidmore, Knoxville, Tennessee (at revocation hearing) for the appellant, Jerome Nchiyako Dooley.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ryan W. Davis, Assistant Attorney General; Charme Allen, District Attorney General; and Jordan Murray, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Jerome Nchiyako Dooley, pled guilty to one count of sexual battery and received an agreed sentence of five years as a Range III offender, to be served on probation. Following a hearing on a warrant for violation of his probation, the trial court revoked Defendant’s probation and ordered him to serve his original sentence incarcerated. Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in revoking probation based on a video Defendant posted to TikTok and that the court erred in failing to recuse itself sua sponte. Following a review of the entire record, the briefs and arguments of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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