State of Tennessee v. Tammy Thompson

The Defendant, Tammy Thompson, was found guilty by a Maury County Circuit Court jury of assault, a Class A misdemeanor, and resisting arrest, a Class B misdemeanor. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-101 (assault) (Supp. 2008) (amended 2009, 2010), 39-16-602 (resisting arrest) (2010). She was sentenced to eleven months and twenty-nine days, with sixty days to be served, for assault, and to six months on probation for resisting arrest. The sentences were imposed concurrently. On appeal, she contends that (1) the prosecution was barred by the statute of limitations, (2) the evidence was insufficient to support the resisting arrest conviction, (3) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of the Defendant’s conduct after she was taken to the jail, and (4) the trial court erred in failing to give a self-defense jury instruction. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.