State of Tennessee v. Antonio Maurice Jackson
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Presiding Judge John Everett Williams
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- bench trial with appeal; reversal of one conviction on double jeopardy grounds; affirmance of remaining convictions
Related Laws
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Outcome
Defendant Antonio Maurice Jackson was convicted of three counts of second degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault after a bench trial and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. On appeal, the conviction for second degree murder in Count 3 was reversed based on double jeopardy principles, while remaining convictions and sentences were affirmed.
Excerpt
The Defendant, Antonio Maurice Jackson, was convicted of three counts of second degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault after a bench trial. The trial court merged the homicide offenses and imposed an aggregate sentence of twenty-five years in prison. On appeal, the Defendant challenges the trial court's decision to admit the preliminary hearing testimony of a witness the trial court's various evidentiary decisions the trial court's rulings on self-defense the trial court's refusal to require the State to make an election on various charges the trial court's decision to convict the Defendant of second degree murder in Count 3 after announcing a verdict of acquittal from the bench and entering it in the minutes and the sentencing determination. After a thorough review of the record, we conclude that the principles of double jeopardy prohibited the trial court from revisiting its acquittal, and we accordingly reverse the Defendant's conviction for second degree murder in Count 3. The Defendant's remaining convictions and sentences are affirmed.
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