State v. Wright

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

Appellant appeals his conviction of voluntary manslaughter, see T.C.A. § 39-2-221, and sentence of confinement for six years as a Range 1 offender.

Appellant presents three issues: (1) whether the trial court committed reversible error by allowing appellant’s statement to be read to the jury over appellant’s objection, when defense was not furnished a copy of said statement under Tenn.R. Crim.P. 16; (2) whether the trial court committed reversible error in its instruction on self-defense by failing to instruct the jury, after request, that the burden of proof rests with the…