State of Tennessee v. Luis A. Meza Olivera

Syllabus

The Defendant, Luis A. Meza Olivera, was convicted by a jury of two counts of aggravated assault, a Class C felony and three counts of aggravated kidnapping, a Class B felony. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-13-102, -304. The trial court merged the convictions into one count of aggravated assault and one count of aggravated kidnapping. The trial court then imposed a total effective sentence of twelve years. On appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions (2) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of three prior incidents of domestic violence involving the Defendant and the victim (3) the trial court erred in allowing a child witness to testify by closed circuit television (4) the trial court erred in excluding a video recording taken after the offenses were committed (5) the trial court abused its discretion by imposing the maximum sentence for each conviction and (6) a new trial is warranted due to cumulative error.1 Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.