State of Tennessee v. Charles Lee Warner
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Judge D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- Direct appeal of jury conviction; appellate court affirmed trial court judgment
Related Laws
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Outcome
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's conviction of Charles Lee Warner for first degree murder, rejecting all of the defendant's challenges to the sufficiency of evidence, witness unavailability rulings, and evidentiary admissions.
Excerpt
The Defendant, Charles Lee Warner, appeals his jury conviction for first degree murder, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. In this direct appeal, the Defendant alleges the following errors: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, challenging the evidence establishing his identity and premeditation, and alleging that his jailhouse confession was not sufficiently corroborated (2) that the trial court erred by declaring Robert Strange to be an unavailable witness and admitting his preliminary hearing testimony and (3) relying on the rules of evidentiary relevance, that the trial court erred (a) by permitting a law enforcement officer to testify "regarding the [D]efendant's propensity to carry weapons in the past" (b) by allowing a former employer to testify about murderous threats made by the Defendant to the victim over a year prior to the victim's death and (c) by prohibiting defense counsel from eliciting testimony "regarding the potentially violent propensities of others known to the witness in the homeless community." Following our review of the record and the applicable authorities, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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