State of Tennessee v. Ricky A. Burks

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE March 14, 2001 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RICKY A. BURKS Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Davidson County No. 99-A-133 Walter Kurtz, Judge No. M2000-00345-CCA-R3-CD - Filed May 25, 2001 Ricky A. Burks was convicted by a Davidson County jury of the first-degree murder of his wife. The trial court granted Burks’ motion for judgment of acquittal and entered a judgment for second-degree murder. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Burks, as a range II offender, to forty years confinement in the Department…