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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TERRENCE DEWAYNE LEWIS, JR.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 23, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joshua P. Weiss, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Terrence Dewayne Lewis, Jr.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Elizabeth Evan, Assistant Attorney General; Coty Wamp, District Attorney General; and Andrew Coyle and Charlene D. Davis, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Terrence Dewayne Lewis, Jr., was convicted of two counts of first degree felony murder, and one count each of especially aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and second degree murder. The trial court ordered all sentences to run concurrently for an effective life sentence. On appeal, Defendant argues: (1) the trial court erred by admitting expert testimony; (2) the trial court erred by admitting the DNA testing of the swab from Defendant’s shoe; (3) the State committed prosecutorial misconduct in its closing argument; (4) the State violated Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), by failing to timely disclose discovery materials; (5) the trial court erred by admitting the video recording of the high speed police pursuit and other evidence at trial; (6) the trial court erred by limiting the cross-examination of Detective James Goehring; and (7) that cumulative error entitles him to a new trial. Following a review of the entire record, the briefs of the parties, the arguments of counsel, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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