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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. AMORY K. COLLINS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 14, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Dillon Eduardo Zinser, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Amory K. Collins.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline W. Weldon and Katherine Casseley Redding, Assistant Attorneys General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Marissa Pecora and Robert Debusk, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Knox County jury convicted the Defendant, Amory K. Collins, of one count of burglary and one count of criminal trespass. The trial court merged one count of criminal trespass and the burglary conviction and then sentenced the Defendant to eight years of incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction for burglary because there was insufficient proof that he acted knowingly with regard to the underlying theft or attempted theft. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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