State of Tennessee v. Christopher Swift

Syllabus

The Defendant, Christopher Swift, was convicted by a jury of first degree premeditated murder attempted first degree murder, a Class A felony and employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony a Class C felony. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-12-101, -13-202, -17-1324. The trial court later imposed a total effective sentence of life plus twenty-six years. On appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the Defendant's conviction for first degree premeditated murder (2) the trial court abused its discretion in denying the Defendant's motion to disqualify one of the prosecutors (3) African-Americans were improperly excluded from the jury venire (4) the State \intentionally mislead [the] jury\ during the examination of one of its witnesses (5) the trial court erred by allowing the admission of hearsay (6) the trial court erred by allowing the jury to review transcripts of recorded jail phone calls as those recordings were played (7) the State improperly displayed photographic exhibits during its closing argument (8) the State withheld evidence and (9) a new trial is warranted due to cumulative error. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.