TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on May 19, 2022

A Nashville woman is the first person in Tennessee to receive a reduced sentence under a new state law that allows courts to reduce sentences for school drug offenders if the act takes place farther than 500 feet from a school zone or if counsel can prove the act did not endanger children, WATE reports. Jenica Gant previously pleaded guilty to selling drugs inside her home, which was within 1,000 feet of a school zone. “None of Ms. Gant’s offenses occurred at a time or a place where children were actually exposed. They were in the summertime. They were at night. They were on her own property,” Sunny Eaton with the Nashville District Attorney’s Office said.