Aaron T. James v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs at Knoxville July 27, 2010 AARON T. JAMES v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Davidson County No. 98-C-2345 J. Randall Wyatt, Jr., Judge No. M2009-00721-CCA-R3-PC - Filed December 23, 2010 The Petitioner, Aaron T. James, appeals the Davidson County Criminal Court’s denial of post-conviction relief from his conviction for especially aggravated kidnapping and resulting sixty-year sentence. He contends that the trial court committed plain error by (1) failing to instruct the jury on the need for…