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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TRAVARIUS DEWAYNE HOUSTON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 14, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Martesha Johnson, Public Defender, Ellison Berryhill, Assistant Public Defender (on appeal), Kaylee Kohlmaier and Raven Otey, Assistant Public Defenders (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Travarius Dewayne Houston.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ronald L. Coleman, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Joshua R. Gilbert, Assistant Attorney General (pro hac vice); Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Chantley T. Frazier, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

After a bench trial, the trial court convicted the Defendant, Trevarius Dewayne Houston, of two counts of assault against a law enforcement officer, one count of retaliation for past action, one count of theft of merchandise, and one count of resisting arrest. The trial court sentenced the Defendant to serve a total effective sentence of two years, suspended to a year of probation. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions; and (2) the State committed prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument. After review, we reverse the trial court’s judgments in Count 1 and Count 3 and affirm the remaining judgments.

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