State of Tennessee v. Douglas Marshall Mathis

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE August 12, 2003 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DOUGLAS MARSHALL MATHIS Appeal from the Circuit Court for Houston County No. CR-4532 Robert E. Burch, Judge No. M2002-02291-CCA-R3-CD - Filed January 30, 2004 The defendant, Douglas Marshall Mathis, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In this appeal, he contends: (1) that the evidence is insufficient; (2) that the trial court erred by giving an irrelevant definition of "knowing" as a part of the instructions to the jury; (3) that the prosecutor's…