State of Tennessee v. William Isaac Atwood
Syllabus
A Clay County jury convicted the defendant, William Isaac Atwood, of possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and the trial court imposed an effective Range II sentence of thirteen years' incarceration. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions and the trial court's sentencing him as a Range II offender. Upon our review of the record and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
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Judges: Judge J. Ross Dyer
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