State of Tennessee v. Roderick Turner

Following a jury trial, the Defendant, Roderick Turner, was convicted in the Dyer County
Circuit Court of three counts of aggravated assault, a Class C felony, and one count of
convicted felon in possession of a handgun, a Class E felony. The trial court sentenced the
Defendant as a Range III, persistent offender to ten years for each aggravated assault
conviction and four years for the convicted felon in possession of a handgun conviction
and ordered that the sentences be served consecutively, for a total effective sentence of
thirty-four years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant
contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his aggravated assault convictions and
that the trial court erred in ordering consecutive sentences. Based on our review, we affirm
the judgments of the trial court. We remand for the entry of corrected judgments in counts
one and two to reflect that the Defendant’s convictions for misdemeanor assault were
merged into the aggravated assault convictions involving the same victims.