· 5/19/2026

State of Tennessee v. Kelley Irene Engel Gambill

Syllabus

The Defendant, Kelley Gambill, appeals her Davidson County Criminal Court conviction of aggravated cruelty to animals, for which she received a sentence of two years' supervised probation. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court misconstrued the statute's \no justifiable purpose\ language and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting her conviction. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Judges: Judge Steven W. Sword

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