State of Tennessee v. Curtis W. Hammock

Appellant, Curtis W. Hammock was indicted for initiating a process intended to result in the manufacture of methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a handgun, and child neglect.  He pleaded guilty to the first two counts and received a sentence of ten years on the drug charge to be served in community corrections and a concurrent sentence of two years in community corrections for the handgun charge.  The State dismissed the child neglect charge.  As a condition of his guilty plea, appellant, with agreement from the State and the trial court, reserved a certified question of law for our consideration:  “Whether the trial court correctly ruled[,] following a suppression hearing[,] that the Defendant did voluntarily consent to a search of his residence subsequent to the unlawful entry of law enforcement on June 12, 2012?”  Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.