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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
Assigned on Briefs May 5, 2009

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. QUIDON CLEMONS
Direct A ppeal from the C rim inal C ourt for Shelby County
N o. 08-00103 W . M ark W ard, Judge

N o. W 2008-02216-CCA-R3-C D -Filed June 30, 2010
Following a jury trial, D efendant, Q uidon C lem ons, was convicted of assault, a Class A misdemeanor, aggravated stalking, a Class E felony, and violation of an order of protection, a Class A misdemeanor. The trial court sentenced Defendant as a Range I, standard offender, to two years for aggravated stalking. A s to the misdemeanors, D efendant was sentenced to eleven months, twenty-nine days for assault, and eleven months, twenty-nine days for violation of an order of protection. The sentences were ordered to be served consecutively. O n appeal, Defendant argues that his sentence is excessive. A fter a thorough review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgm ents of the Criminal C ourt A ffirm ed
THOMAS T. W OODALL, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which J. C. M CLIN and CAMILLE R. M CMULLEN, JJ., joined.
H arry E. Sayle, III, (on appeal), M emphis, Tennessee; and Constance Barnes, A ssistant Public Defender (at trial), M emphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Quidon Clemons.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; M elissa Roberge, Assistant A ttorney G eneral; W illiam L. Gibbons, D istrict A ttorney General; and Paul H agerman, Assistant D istrict Attorney G eneral; for the A ppellee, the State of Tennessee.
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I. Background
Trial
The victim, Earnestine Jones, and Defendant dated for approximately one and one-half years before she ended the relationship in 2005. A t the time, she and her son w ere living in the Foote H omes in M emphis, Tennessee. The victim testified that the break-up w as friendly at first, but it later turned bitter w hen D efendant realized that they would not be together. She said that he would call begging to be w ith her. After a couple of months passed, D efendant called daily threatening to kill her. The victim testified that during that time, she stayed at her mother

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