State of Tennessee v. Ellis Randall Darnell, Jr.

The defendant, Ellis Randall Darnell, Jr., was convicted of one count of manufacturing one-half gram or more of methamphetamine, a Class B felony; one count of possession with intent to deliver one-half gram or more of methamphetamine, a Class B felony; and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, a Class D felony. The defendant was sentenced as a Range I, standard offender to two concurrent nine-year terms for the methamphetamine convictions and to a consecutive four-year term for the firearm conviction, for a total effective sentence of thirteen years. On appeal, the defendant claims that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction for possessing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony and that the trial court erred by ruling during a hearing concerning his motion for a new trial that a juror could not testify that other jurors engaged in intimidating conduct during the jury’s deliberations. After carefully reviewing the record and the arguments of the parties, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.