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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TIMOTHY CHRISTOPHER PILLOW

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 22, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Martesha Johnson Moore, District Public Defender; Emma Rae Tennent (on appeal) and Cody Fisher (at hearing), Assistant Public Defenders, for the appellant, Timothy Christopher Pillow.

Attorneys 2: Christopher Pillow. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ronald L. Coleman, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Joshua R. Gilbert, Legal Assistant (pro hac vice); Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and J. Wesley King, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WILSON

Defendant, Timothy Christopher Pillow, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a violent felon, evading arrest with a motor vehicle, and identity theft. At sentencing, Defendant requested an alternative sentence under the Community Corrections Act. Instead, the trial court imposed an effective sentence of eleven years’ incarceration, finding that Defendant’s history of criminal conduct and the need to avoid depreciating the seriousness of the current offenses warranted confinement. On appeal, Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his request for community corrections. Following our review, we affirm.

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