State of Tennessee v. Yolanda N. Shedd

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The Defendant, Yolanda N. Shedd, was indicted for one count of assault, a Class A misdemeanor. See Tenn. Code Ann.§ 39-13-101. The Defendant was ultimately convicted by a jury of the lesser-included offense of attempted assault, a Class B misdemeanor. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-12-101, -12-107(a), -13-101. The trial court imposed a sentence of six months to be served on unsupervised probation. On appeal, the Defendant contends (1) that she received ineffective assistance of counsel because her trial counsel had a conflict of interest (2) that she received ineffective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to \properly cross-examine\ one of the State's witnesses and (3) that the trial court improperly interfered with trial counsel's cross-examination of one of the State's witnesses. However, our review of the record reveals that the Defendant failed to raise these issues in a timely motion for new trial thereby, waving full appellate review. Additionally, we conclude that plain error review of the issues is not warranted. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.