STATE v. WEST


825 S.W.2d 695 (1992)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Samuel Lewis WEST, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

January 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Preslar, Bobby Lee Hill, Chattanooga, for appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen., and John B. Nisbet, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Gary D. Gerbitz, Dist. Atty. Gen., and Bates W. Bryan, Jr., Rebecca Stern and Rodney C. Strong, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Chattanooga, for appellee.


No Permission to Appeal Applied for to the Supreme Court.

OPINION

BYERS, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to serve eighteen years in the state penitentiary.

The issues raised are:

I. The evidence was not sufficient to convict the appellant of murder in the second degree. II. The court erred in refusing to allow the defense to offer proof about the cocaine level in the victim...

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