State v. Smith

OPINION

GARY R. WADE, P.J., and NORMA McGEE OGLE, J., joined.

The defendant, Darrell Glen Smith, appeals as of right from his conviction by a jury in the Cocke County Circuit Court for first degree murder. The defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. He contends that (1) the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s rejection of his insanity defense and (2) the trial court erred in failing to grant a new trial due to juror misconduct. We affirm the trial court’s judgment of conviction.

This case relates to the defendant’s killing his mother on June 2,…