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Appellate panel weighs whether thrown barstool qualified as deadly weapon in Negron assault conviction
Summary
An appellate panel heard arguments over whether a 4‑foot wrought‑iron barstool thrown at the defendant's then‑wife constituted a deadly weapon under the sufficiency‑of‑the‑evidence standard, with the state pointing to threats, photos and injuries and defense counsel emphasizing a victim letter and the deferential standard of review.
An appellate panel on Tuesday heard arguments in the appeal of Negron's 2022 aggravated‑assault conviction, focusing on whether a 4‑foot wrought‑iron barstool thrown at his then‑wife during a domestic dispute was used in a manner capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
The question matters because under Tennessee law a jury may find an otherwise ordinary object to be a "deadly weapon" based on the manner of its use; on appeal the court must decide whether the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the State, was sufficient to support that finding.
Defense counsel argued that the…
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