State of Tennessee v. William Waylon Hanson
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Judge Norma McGee Ogle
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- Appeal from Marshall County Circuit Court conviction; Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed trial court judgment
Related Laws
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Outcome
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court's conviction of William Waylon Hanson for violating a motor vehicle habitual offender order, failing to provide financial responsibility evidence, and improper passing. The appellate court rejected all three of Hanson's contentions regarding evidentiary rulings and closing argument limitations.
Excerpt
A Marshall County Circuit Court Jury convicted the Appellant, William Waylon Hanson, of violating an order declaring him to be a motor vehicle habitual offender, failing to provide evidence of financial responsibility, and passing another vehicle in a no passing zone. On appeal, the Appellant contends that the trial court erred by granting the State's motion in limine to prohibit the Appellant from collaterally attacking the order declaring him to be a motor vehicle habitual offender, by limiting the defense's closing argument, and by admitting the Appellant's driving record into evidence through an employee of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. Upon review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
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