State of Tennessee v. Randall Cagle

The defendant, Randall Cagle, pled guilty to four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a Class D felony, and was sentenced as a Range II, multiple offender to an effective sentence of eight years, suspended to supervised probation.  As a condition of his guilty plea, the defendant attempted to reserve a certified question of law pursuant to Rule 37(b)(2)(A) of the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure regarding the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized during the search of his residence.  After review, we conclude that the certified question is overly broad and, as a result, this court is without jurisdiction to consider the appeal.  Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.