Tucker v. State

Danny Roland Tucker was convicted for the first degree murder of Crossville Police Officer Stevie L. Thompson. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, fined $20,000, and ordered to pay $666.50 in court costs and a victim's compensation fee of $2,000. Two issues are raised on this appeal from that conviction.

I

Tucker argues that the trial court should have granted his motion and dismissed the indictment because it charged two crimes in the same count and was so ambiguous that he could not determine what acts constituted the crime. We find that the motion to dismiss was properly denied.

At trial,…