State of Tennessee v. Joshua Hurt
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Judge Camille R. McMullen
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- Appeal as of right from criminal conviction
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Outcome
Appellate court affirmed the trial court's convictions and 17-year sentence for Joshua Hurt on charges of attempted voluntary manslaughter, firearm offenses, and especially aggravated robbery.
Excerpt
The Defendant-Appellant, Joshua Hurt, was convicted by a Knox County jury of attempted voluntary manslaughter (Count 1), in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 39- 13-211, as a lesser included offense of attempted first-degree murder, employment of a firearm during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony (Count 2), possession of a firearm with the intent to go armed during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony (Count 3), in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-17-1324, and two counts of especially aggravated robbery (Counts 4 and 5), in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13-403. The trial court merged Counts 4 and 5 and sentenced the Defendant to seventeen years' imprisonment for these counts, merged Count 3 into Count 1 and sentenced the Defendant to four years' imprisonment for these counts to run concurrently to Count 4, and six years' imprisonment for Count 2 to run consecutively to Count 1, for a total effective sentence of seventeen years' imprisonment. In this appeal as of right, the Defendant raises the following issues for our review: (1) whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the Defendant's convictions for especially aggravated robbery, and (2) whether the trial court erred in (a) not giving the appropriate definition of serious bodily injury and (b) instructing the jury on flight. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
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