State of Tennessee v. Antywan Eugene Savely

Syllabus

The Defendant, Antywan Eugene Savely, was convicted by a Bedford County Circuit Court jury of the sale of a Schedule II drug, a Class C felony the delivery of a Schedule II drug, a Class C felony and conspiracy to sell or deliver a Schedule II drug, a Class D felony. The court merged the delivery conviction into the sale conviction and imposed a twelve-year sentence as a Persistent Offender. The court imposed a consecutive twelve-year sentence as a Career Offender for the conspiracy conviction, for an effective term of twenty-four years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant argues that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in ruling that the State could cross-examine him on a twenty-two-year-old felony conviction (2) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions and (3) the trial court erred in imposing consecutive sentencing. After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.