· 8/28/2017
State of Tennessee v. James Mark Thornton
Syllabus
The State appeals as of right from the Cocke County Circuit Court's grant of the Defendant's, James Mark Thornton's Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.1 motion to correct an illegal sentence. The State contends that the trial court erred because the challenged sentence was not illegal. We agree with the State and dismiss the Defendant's Rule 36.1 motion.
Judges: Judge D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.
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