State of Tennessee v. Samuel Alan Ireson

The Defendant, Samuel Alan Ireson, was convicted by a Sullivan County jury of voluntary manslaughter, fabrication of evidence, and employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. The trial court sentenced the Defendant as a Range I, standard offender to consecutive terms of five years for the voluntary manslaughter conviction, five years for the fabrication of evidence conviction, and six years for the firearm conviction, resulting in an effective sentence of sixteen years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions and several sentencing determinations made by the trial court—the length of his sentences for voluntary manslaughter and fabrication of evidence, the consecutive nature of his fabrication of evidence sentence, and the denial of judicial diversion. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.