State of Tennessee v. Serena N. Hammond

Serena N. Hammond, Defendant, was indicted by a Knox County Grand Jury for one count
of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Count 1, one count of aggravated burglary
acting in concert with two or more other persons in Count 2, and one count of attempted
second degree murder in Count 3. Defendant was convicted as charged in Counts 1 and 2
and convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter in Count 3. Defendant was sentenced
to an effective sentence of ten years in incarceration as a standard offender. Defendant
appealed, arguing that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support her conviction for
aggravated burglary acting in concert; (2) the trial court committed reversible error by
admitting photographs of a gun and magazine recovered from a car in which she was pulled
over fifteen days after the incident; (3) the trial court committed reversible error by
admitting recordings of Defendant’s phone call made from jail to a co-defendant; (4) the
trial court improperly considered Defendant’s false testimony at trial and the location of
the offense in enhancing her sentence for aggravated burglary acting in concert; and (5) the
cumulative effect of these errors deprived her of the right to a fair trial. After review, we
affirm the judgments of the trial court.