State of Tennessee v. Anthony Thompson

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON October 4, 2016 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ANTHONY THOMPSON Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 14-03467 J. Robert Carter, Jr., Judge No. W2016-00077-CCA-R3-CD - Filed March 9, 2017 The defendant, Anthony Thompson, was convicted of the first degree premeditated murder of Barris Jones and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in allowing testimony regarding a hearsay statement of the victim as a dying declaration, in limiting the cross-examination of a co-defendant, and in…