State of Tennessee v. James Larry Cox

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE June 19, 2001 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMES LARRY COX Appeal from the Circuit Court for Grundy County No. 3345 Thomas W. Graham, Judge No. M2000-02556-CCA-R3-CD - Filed September 7, 2001 A Grundy County jury convicted the Defendant, James Larry Cox, for the attempted second degree murder of Jimmy Sweeton. Subsequently, the trial court sentenced the Defendant as a Range I offender to ten (10) years of incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant questions whether he was denied a fair trial due to the trial court’s exclusion of…