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STATE v. BYRD

No. M2010-02405-CCA-R3-CD.

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MAURICE O. BYRD

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Filed November 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie W. Gasaway , Clarksville, Tennessee (at motion for new trial hearing and on appeal); John E. Herbison , Clarksville, Tennessee (on appeal); and Reid H. Poland, III , Clarksville, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Maurice O. Byrd.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; Lindsy Paduch Stempel , Assistant Attorney General; John Wesley Carney, Jr. , District Attorney General; and Helen Owsley Young , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

D. KELLY THOMAS, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which THOMAS T. WOODALL and ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, JJ., joined.

OPINION

D. KELLY THOMAS, Jr., J.

Following a jury trial, the Defendant, Maurice O. Byrd, was convicted of aggravated robbery, felony first degree murder, and premeditated first degree murder. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-13-202, -402. The trial court merged the premeditated first degree murder conviction into the felony first degree murder conviction and sentenced the Defendant to life imprisonment. The trial court also sentenced...

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