State of Tennessee v. Christopher Lee Goodwin

Syllabus

The Defendant-Appellant, Christopher Lee Goodwin, was convicted by a Maury County Circuit Court jury of felony murder committed in the perpetration of aggravated child neglect, and the trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment. On appeal, the Defendant argues: (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction (2) the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress statements made to police (3) the aggravated child neglect statute violates due process with its vagueness (4) the trial court violated his right to a fair trial when it overruled the defense objection and allowed the State to present evidence that the medical examiner in this case lost his medical license (5) the trial court erred in sustaining the State's hearsay objection to his questioning of an investigator about a statement that a witness allegedly made to him (6) the trial court erred in not declaring a mistrial when an investigator testified about a domestic violence incident between the Defendant and the victim's mother and (7) that a single prosecution for felony murder predicated on both aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect violates double jeopardy. 1 After review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.