State of Tennessee v. Curtis Morris

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A Shelby County jury convicted the defendant, Curtis Morris, of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, and felony murder of his seventeen-month-old son. On appeal the defendant argues: the trial court erred when excluding a daycare record the trial court erred when permitting the jury to view autopsy photos of the victim the trial court erred when allowing certain expert testimony the State failed to properly elect offenses the trial court erred when failing to define \knowing\ in its aggravated child abuse instructions the State presented insufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict and the cumulative effect of these errors resulted in the denial of a fair trial. Based on our thorough review of the record, pertinent authorities, and arguments of the parties, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.