State of Tennessee v. Joseph Harold Rucker

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs May 21, 2003 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOSEPH HAROLD RUCKER Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Roane County No. 12586 E. Eugene Eblen, Judge No. E2002-02486-CCA-R3-CD July 8, 2003 The defendant, Joseph Harold Rucker, appeals the Roane County Criminal Court’s imposition of a 23-year Department of Correction sentence for the second-degree murder of his girlfriend, Tommy Jean Trinkle. Because we determine that the length of the Class A, Range I sentence is supported in the record, we affirm. Tenn. R. App. P. 3;…