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Tennessee appellate panel hears challenge to identification in Jenkins shooting convictions
Summary
At a Tennessee appellate hearing, defense counsel said identification evidence was insufficient to support Reginald Jenkins’s convictions for attempted first-degree murder and related firearm counts; the state urged the court to affirm the jury verdict. The panel took no immediate ruling and left some procedural issues for later.
A Tennessee appellate panel on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the appeal of Reginald Jenkins, who was convicted on four counts arising from a shooting: two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of employing a firearm during the commission of a first-degree murder.
Appellant counsel Ashton Jones, an attorney with Denati Law representing Jenkins, told the panel that the sufficiency challenge centers on identification. "The the main problem here is that what we're contesting is that the prosecution did not prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt," Jones said, arguing that witnesses did not reliably place Jenkins at the scene and that investigative evidence had gaps.
Jones said the vehicle identification at the center of the case…
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