State of Tennessee v. Glenn Brown and Thomas Byrd
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Judge Alan E. Glenn
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- consolidated appeal from Knox County Criminal Court conviction
Related Laws
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Outcome
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions of Glenn Brown and Thomas Byrd for drug and gun-related offenses, rejecting challenges to sufficiency of evidence, evidentiary rulings, and jury instructions.
Excerpt
The Defendants, Glenn Brown and Thomas Byrd, were jointly tried before a Knox County Criminal Court jury on a number of drug and gun-related offenses. At the conclusion of the trial, both Defendants were convicted of possession with the intent to sell/deliver 0.5 grams or more of cocaine within 1000 feet of a school, possession with the intent to sell/deliver a controlled substance analogue, and possession of marijuana. Defendant Brown was alone convicted of the various gun-related charges, including employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony having been previously convicted of a felony. In this consolidated appeal, Defendant Byrd challenges the sufficiency of the evidence in support of his felony convictions and argues that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of his failure to contest the forfeiture of the large amount of cash seized from him. Defendant Brown challenges the sufficiency of the evidence in support of his felony drug and employment of a firearm during a dangerous felony convictions and argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the results of the traffic stop and in issuing inconsistent oral and written jury instructions that prevented unanimity of the verdicts. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
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