State v. Michael Edwards

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MICHAEL DWAYNE EDWARDS Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Henry County Nos. 12756 & 12757 Honorable Julian P. Guinn, Judge No. W1999-00591-CCA-R3-CD - Decided May 16, 2000 The defendant directly appeals his jury conviction of burglary and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence by claiming, inter alia, that the “cancellation rule” should be applied to negate the inculpative testimony of a prosecution witness. Because we conclude that this is not a proper case for application of the cancellation rule and…