State of Tennessee vs. James Ray Bartlett

Case Number
01C01-9509-CC-00302

The defendant, James Ray Bartlett, was indicted for DUI, driving on a revoked license, five counts of reckless driving, resisting arrest, evading arrest and reckless endangerment. At the close of the state's proof, the trial court granted the defendant's motion for acquittal as to the charge of resisting arrest. The jury rendered guilty verdicts as to the remaining counts. After setting aside the conviction for reckless endangerment, the trial court sentenced the defendant to ten months for the DUI; four months and fifteen days for driving on a revoked license; five months for the reckless driving convictions, all of which were merged as one offense; and ten months for evading arrest. The transcript of the trial indicates sentences were ordered to be served consecutively for an effective sentence of twenty-nine months fifteen days with the minimum service at seventy-five percent. The judgment form indicates concurrent sentencing for all new convictions. The trial court revoked the defendant's community corrections sentence for prior convictions; these new  sentences were ordered to be served consecutively to the prior offenses according to the judgment form.

Authoring Judge
Judge Gary R. Wade
Originating Judge
Judge W. Charles Lee
Case Name
State of Tennessee vs. James Ray Bartlett
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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