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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TONY BANKS AND TYRONE BANKS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 8, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Phyllis Aluko, District Public Defender; Barry W. Kuhn, Assistant District Public Defender (on appeal); and Eric Scott Hall (at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tony Banks.

Attorneys 2: Lance R. Chism (on appeal), and Jack Sherman (at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tyrone Banks.

Attorneys 3: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin L. Barker, Assistant Attorney General; Steve Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Haden Lawyer and Tyler Schembri, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

The Defendants, Tony Banks and Tyrone Banks, were both convicted of misdemeanor assault following a bench trial, and they each received sentences of ten months. On appeal, the Defendants argue that the evidence was insufficient to support their convictions and that the trial court erred by allowing a State’s witness to testify remotely through the use of a videoconferencing platform. After our review of the record and the applicable case law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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