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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JUSTIN JAMES CRUGER WENDRICKS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 15, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: William W. Gill, Franklin, Tennessee, Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Division (on appeal), Sydney D. Pack, Sevierville, Tennessee, (at guilty plea hearing), for the Appellant, Justin James Cruger Wendricks.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jimmy Dunn, District Attorney General; and Charles L. Murphy, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

In April of 2024, the Defendant, Justin James Cruger Wendricks, pleaded guilty to two counts of evading arrest in a motor vehicle, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of resisting arrest, and one count of driving on a suspended license, stipulating to the facts contained in the warrant. The Defendant agreed to a sentence of eight years, suspended to supervised probation after the service of twelve months of incarceration. In September of 2024, the trial court filed a probation violation warrant alleging that the Defendant had absconded. After a hearing, the trial court revoked the Defendant’s probation and ordered him to serve the balance of his sentence in incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred when it ordered him to serve his sentence in confinement. After review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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