State of Tennessee v. Courtenay Darrell Robertson

A Madison County jury convicted the defendant, Courtenay Darrell Robertson, of attempted second degree murder, a Class B felony; aggravated arson, a Class A felony; and felony evading arrest, a Class E felony. The trial court sentenced the defendant as a Range II offender to twenty years at 35% for attempted second degree murder, thirty-five years at 100% for aggravated arson, and four years at 35% for felony evading arrest, to be served in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The trial court ordered the defendant to serve the aggravated arson sentence consecutively to the attempted second degree murder sentence and to serve the sentence for felony evading arrest concurrently with the other two sentences, for a total effective sentence of fifty-five years. On appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the aggravated arson conviction; (2) dual convictions for aggravated arson and attempted second degree murder violate double jeopardy principles; and (3) his sentence is excessive. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.