State of Tennessee v. Kelly Lee Pitts
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Judge D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
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Excerpt
The Defendant, Kelly Lee Pitts, was convicted by a jury of seven counts each of attempted first degree murder and possessing a firearm during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony. Thereafter, the trial court imposed an effective fifty-one-year sentence. On appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) there was insufficient evidence to support his convictions for attempted first degree murder, specifically, challenging the element of premeditation (2) the trial court erred by imposing partial consecutive sentencing based upon the dangerous offender criterion (3) and the trial court erred in imposing Class C felony convictions for employing a firearm during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony when he was convicted only of possessing such a firearm, a Class D felony.1 The State concedes that the sentences and judgments for employment of a firearm were in error, and we agree. In all other respects, we affirm. Accordingly, though we affirm the Defendant's convictions, we vacate and modify certain judgment forms and sentences consistent with this opinion. The case is remanded.
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