TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 14, 2021

In the case of a Davidson County man convicted on two counts of “promotional” money laundering, the Tennessee Supreme Court today upheld one conviction, but reversed the second. The defendant sold marijuana to a confidential informant twice in 2009, each time accepting payment for a portion of the drugs, but also “fronting” additional product to the informant, expecting payment after the informant sold the drugs to others. The high court unanimously held that the evidence supported one conviction of money laundering, but for the second conviction, the evidence showed that the defendant had not bought additional drugs with the informant’s payment with the intent to promote future sales. Read more from the Administrative Office of the Courts.