State v. Parker

OPINION

in which JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal by the State to determine if the defendant’s conviction of second degree murder should be affirmed pursuant to Slate v. Mellons, 557 S.W.2d 497 (Tenn.1977), despite insufficient evidence to support it. We hold that Mellons does not control the outcome of this case. We also hold that sufficient proof must support every element of the offense of which a defendant is convicted, even where the conviction offense is charged as a lesser-included offense and sufficient proof…