STATE v. GUTIERREZ


5 S.W.3d 641 (1999)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Mario GUTIERREZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

November 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. DeBerry, Camden, for appellant.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Michael J. Fahey, II, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, G. Robert Radford, District Attorney General, John Overton, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.


OPINION

BIRCH, J.

The defendant, Mario Gutierrez, was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter for shooting a female friend with whom he resided. He was sentenced to six-years imprisonment. He now challenges his sentence, contending that the intermediate court erred in holding that by shooting his friend, he abused a position of private trust. Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-35-114(15)(1997).1 Thus, the issue we address...

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