Correction: It was written that Defense Attorney Jeffery Vires was the third person present on the conference call. Assistant Public Defender Tess Nugent was the third person, and it has been revised to include that fact in this story. The Crossville Chronicle regrets this error and is happy to set the record straight.
An unheard motion to suppress evidence in one of two simple possession of meth cases on the eve of a Crab Orchard area man’s jury trial resulted in a plea to one case and a second case being dismissed.
Daniel Paul Sherrill, 46, was scheduled to go on trial Wednesday on two charges of simple possession of meth. One case is alleged to have occurred on Oct. 7, and the other, Nov. 2, 2024.
Both cases were investigated by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
A motion to suppress evidence filed by court-appointed attorney Jeff Vires in the Oct. 7 incident was pending and accompanied by a video of the incident. A hearing was not held but a conference call between Assistant District Attorney Allison Null, Assistant Public Defender Tess Nugent and the judge on Tuesday resulted in the last minute decision to resolve the cases.
In the Nov. 2 incident, Sherrill was sentenced to 100 days in jail at 75% to be followed by supervised probation for the balance of the 11-month-and-29-day sentence. That sentence is the maximum sentence for a misdemeanor charge.
Fine and court costs were waived.