State v. Smith

OPINION

TIPTON, Judge.

The defendant, James A. Smith, appeals as of right from judgments entered by the Overton County Criminal Court pursuant to his convictions by a jury for first degree burglary while possessing a firearm and assault with intent to commit first degree murder. The trial court sentenced the defendant under the 1982 Sentencing Act, as amended, as a Range I, standard offender to twelve years for the burglary and ten years for the murder assault, the sentences to be served concurrently.

The defendant raises three issues for our determination which we characterize as follows:(1)…