State of Tennessee v. Corey Danielle Wellman

A Davidson County Criminal Court jury convicted the defendant, Corey Danielle Wellman, of one count of possessing with intent to sell .5 grams or more of cocaine, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, one count of attempted felony possession of a weapon, and one count of introducing contraband into a penal facility. The defendant appeals his convictions, maintaining that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence that he argues resulted from an illegal search. The defendant also challenges the sufficiency of evidence for all his convictions except for his introducing contraband into a penal facility conviction. We hold that the defendant has waived his suppression issue. We affirm the judgments of the trial court regarding his drug and drug paraphernalia convictions, and we reverse his attempted felony possession of a weapon conviction, and dismiss that charge.