State v. Johnson

OPINION

E. RILEY ANDERSON, J„

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted review to address the following certified question that was reserved by the defendant following his guilty plea to unlawful possession of a weapon pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(b)(1)(A): “After an individual has had his full rights of citizenship restored pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-29-101, et seq., following a conviction of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, can he be convicted of a…