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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
Assigned on Briefs May 4, 2004

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JEFF WILKES
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dyer County
No. C02-448 Lee Moore, Judge

No. W2003-01763-CCA-R3-CD  - Filed June 9, 2004
A Dyer County Circuit Court jury convicted the defendant, Jeff Wilkes, of robbery, a Class C felony, and the trial court sentenced him as a Range I, standard offender to six years in the Department of Correction (DOC).  The defendant appeals, claiming (1) that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction and (2) that his sentence is excessive.  We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Circuit Court Affirmed
JOSEPH M. TIPTON, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JERRY L. SMITH and JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., JJ., joined.
Noel H. Riley, II, Dyersburg, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jeff Wilkes.
Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michelle R. Chapman, Assistant Attorney General; C. Phillips Bivens, District Attorney General; and Karen Waddell Burns, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION
This case relates to the robbery of Jerry

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