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· 3/28/2025

Paul Clifford Moore, Jr. v. State of Tennessee

Syllabus

Petitioner, Paul Clifford Moore, Jr., appeals the Knox County Criminal Court's summary dismissal of his \Motion for Plain Error Review in an Alternative Petition for Extraordinary Writ.\ He argues that the trial court's sequential jury instructions were improper and prevented the jury from returning a verdict of voluntary manslaughter rather than second degree murder. Upon review of the entire record, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we conclude that Petitioner does not have an appeal as of right under Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure; accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.

Judges: Judge Jill Bartee Ayers

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