State of Tennessee v. Amir Hassan Spears

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The Defendant, Amir Hassan Spears, appeals from his convictions for first degree felonymurder, criminally negligent homicide, especially aggravated robbery, and aggravatedassault. On appeal, he presents three issues for our review: (1) whether the evidence wasinsufficient to support the Defendant's convictions for failure to establish identity; (2)whether the State committed a Brady violation when it failed to disclose, prior to the closeof the State's proof, the circumstances surrounding a victim's identification of theDefendant; and (3) whether trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by (i) failing totake appropriate action when this issue came to light at trial, and (ii) failing to adequatelychallenge testimony that the Defendant had concealed a long rifle inside his pants. Afterreview, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.