After a two-day trial, a Morgan County jury found Morgan County Correctional Complex Inmate Dolwin Cormia, age 54, guilty on all counts for assaulting four Tennessee Department of Corrections Officers during an incident in June 2023 in the dining room at the prison. Cormia, a native of Los Angeles, was convicted as charged for aggravated assault and three counts of simple assault. A female officer testified at trial that at the time of the attack she was seven months pregnant and suffered a fractured orbital socket and had persistent, extremely painful headaches and still suffers from them as of the date of the trial along with other injuries.
Cormia is currently serving a life sentence for first degree murder out of Hamilton County with his sentence end date on January 27, 2049. Life sentences for adults in Tennessee are a minimum service of 51 year.
The sentencing in this matter has been set for June 20, 2025.