State of Tennessee v. Norman L. Ricks

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs January 25, 2011 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. NORMAN L. RICKS Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Hamilton County No. 268614 Rebecca J. Stern, Judge No. E2010-01096-CCA-R3-CD - Filed April 26, 2011 The appellant, Norman L. Ricks, pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for an agreed sentence of ten years. The plea agreement provided that the trial court would determine whether the sentence would be served concurrently with or consecutively to a previously imposed federal sentence. On appeal, the appellant…