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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ROY GENE NICHOLSON, III

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 29, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: David Christensen, Columbia, Tennessee, (on appeal); and E. Kendall White, IV, Franklin, Tennessee, (at trial), for the appellant, Roy Gene Nicholson, III.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Elizabeth Evan, Assistant Attorney General; Stacey B. Edmonson, District Attorney General; and Carlin C. Hess, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): SWORD

The Defendant, Roy Gene Nicholson, III, appeals from his Williamson County Circuit Court convictions of reckless aggravated assault, evading arrest, possession of marijuana with the intent to sell or deliver, and unlawful possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, for which he received an effective sentence of five years’ incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant argues that his arresting officer did not have reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-8-204 and that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was violated by the trial court’s granting the State’s motion to continue his trial, during which time the State procured a superseding indictment. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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