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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MERV CONLEY RODGERS

Posted by: David Lazar on May 26, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: J. Christian Stadler, III (at trial) and Wesley D. Stone (on appeal), Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Mery Conley Rodgers.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; William C. Lundy, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Sean A. Roberts, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Knox County jury convicted the Defendant, Mery Conley Rodgers, of aggravated assault by strangulation, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, domestic assault, and especially aggravated kidnapping. The trial court imposed a total effective sentence of forty years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant argues: (1) that the trial court erred when it concluded he lacked standing to challenge the search of his vehicle; (2) that the trial court erred when it prevented the Defendant from introducing evidence from a prior domestic dispute; (3) that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for aggravated assault and especially aggravated kidnapping; and (4) that the trial court erred when it sentenced him. After a thorough review of the record and applicable law, we affirm the trial court's judgments.

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