Legal Opinion
State v. Belser
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 18, 1996PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WADE, Judge.
The defendant, William Brian Belser, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to a Range I, twenty-five (25) year term in the Department of Correction. See Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 39-13-210 and 40-35-112(a)(1). In this appeal of right, the defendant presents the following issues for our review:(1) whether the trial court erred by charging self-defense as defined in Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-ll-611(b) as a justification for the victim’s conduct;(2) whether the state committed prosecu-torial misconduct during the course of the trial;(3) whether the trial court erred by…
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