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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JEREMY BRIAN POE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 28, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Brennan M. Wingerter and Mitchell A. Raines, Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference – Appellate Division, Franklin, Tennessee, (on appeal) and Caroline Ballentine, Jackson, Tennessee, (at trial) for the appellant, Jeremy Brian Poe.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; William C. Lundy, Assistant Attorney General; Jody Pickens, District Attorney General; and Katie Ferguson, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): DYER

A Madison County jury convicted the defendant, Jeremy Brian Poe, of one count of theft of property greater than $10,000, but less than $60,000. On appeal, the defendant contends the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction, and the trial court erred in sentencing the defendant as a Range III offender. Upon our review of the record, the parties’ briefs, oral argument, and the applicable law, we affirm the defendant’s conviction. However, following our review of the defendant’s sentence, we conclude the trial court erred in its application of Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-35-107(b) and in finding the defendant to be a Range III, persistent offender. Accordingly, the defendant’s Range III sentence requires reversal, and we remand this matter for resentencing.

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