State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey Owen Smithson

OPINION

D. Kelly Thomas, Jr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which James Curwood Witt, Jr., and Robert H. Montgomery, Jr., JJ., joined.

Following a jury trial, the Defendant, John Russell Giles, Jr., was convicted of premeditated first degree murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-202. In this appeal as of right, the Defendant contends (1) that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction; (2) that the trial court erred “in refusing to fashion a remedy” for alleged discovery violations made by the State; (3) that the trial court admitted…