Legal Opinion
State v. Ruane
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 14, 1995PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WADE, Judge.
The defendant, Donald Joseph Ruane, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to twenty-five (25) years the Department of Correction as a Range I Offender. Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 39-13-210 and 40-35-112.
In this appeal, the defendant presents the following issues for review:(1) whether the trial court erred by denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment;(2) whether the trial court erred by excluding testimony of prior statements by the victim;(3) whether the trial court erred by excluding evidence of a prior violent act by the victim;(4) whether the trial…
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