Vonda Smith
Vonda Smith
Vonda Smith at her sentencing hearing in Greene County Criminal Court on Monday, June 25, 2018 with her attorney, Gene Scott Jr. [undefined]
Vonda Star Smith is a convicted felon and grandmother residing in Afton, Tennessee. In June 2018, Smith was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a pregnant woman, Jessie Nicole Morrison, and her unborn child. Jessie Nicole Morrison was the mother of one of Smith's grandchildren. [undefined] [undefined] [undefined]
Criminal History
Photo of the victim, Jessie Nicole Morrison [undefined]
On Monday, June 25, 2018, Vonda Smith was sentenced to life in prison by Judge John D. Dugger in Greene County Criminal Court for first degree murder of Jessie Nicole Morrison in August 2016. Dugger told Smith that with her 85 percent release eligibility on the 60-year life sentence, the soonest she would be considered for parole is after serving 51 years, making her sentence an effective life term. [undefined] [undefined]
Vonda Smith was also sentenced to 25 years in prison on a count of second degree murder in connection with the August 2016 death of Jessie Nicole Morrison's unborn child. [undefined]
On May 25, 2018, a Greene County Criminal Court jury found Vonda Smith, guilty of one count of first-degree murder in connection with Morrison’s death and one count of second degree murder relating to the the death of her fetus. Morrison was 21 years old and pregnant with her third child when she died. [undefined]