State of Tennessee v. Jeffery Scott Hutchinson

The Defendant, Jeffery Scott Hutchinson, was convicted by a Bedford County jury of one count of initiating a process intended to result in the manufacture of methamphetamine, one count of promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine, and two counts of simple possession of methamphetamine.  He was thereafter convicted by a separate Bedford County jury of failure to appear.  At a consolidated sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed an effective eighteen-year sentence for all of these convictions.  In this direct appeal, the Defendant argues that the evidence is insufficient to support a jury’s finding that he knowingly failed to appear and that the trial court erred in imposing consecutive sentencing.  Finding no error, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.