State of Tennessee v. Terrence Donnell Pirtle

The defendant, Terrence Donnell Pirtle, was convicted by a Gibson County jury of possession of cocaine with the intent to deliver or sell, a Class C felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor, and was sentenced by the trial court as a Range II offender to an effective term of four years in the Department of Correction. In a timely appeal to this court, he argues that the trial court should have granted his motion to suppress on the basis that the search warrant failed to establish a sufficient nexus between his alleged criminal activity and the residence where the drugs and drug paraphernalia were found. The State responds by arguing that the defendant has waived the issue by his failure to include it in his motion for new trial or to provide an adequate record for our review. We agree with the State. Accordingly, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.