Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Judge J. Ross Dyer
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
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Excerpt
A Sumner County jury convicted the defendant, Corey Denzal Williams, of first-degree murder, reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment, for which he received an effective sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole plus eight years. On appeal, the defendant contends the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his convictions. The defendant also argues the trial court erred in denying his motion for severance and in admitting autopsy photographs of the victim, the testimony of Sergeant Harry Harper, and video testimony of the victim. After reviewing the record and considering the applicable law, we conclude that the trial court erred in failing to sever the offenses and that the error was not harmless as to the defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and false imprisonment. Accordingly, we reverse the defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and false imprisonment and remand to the trial court for a new trial. We otherwise affirm the trial court's judgments.
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