State of Tennessee v. Marchello Karlando Gossett

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The Defendant, Marchello Karlando Gossett, was convicted by a Tipton County jury of possession with intent to deliver 0.5 grams or more of cocaine and two counts of felony possession of a handgun and was sentenced to serve thirty years at sixty percent in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the indictment (2) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for possession with intent to deliver 0.5 grams or more of cocaine (3) the trial court erred by failing to compel the State to disclose information about the confidential informant (4) the trial court erred in curtailing the Defendant's cross-examination of the confidential informant (5) the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial (6) the trial court erred by allowing the State to introduce inadmissible hearsay into evidence (7) the State committed prosecutorial misconduct (8) the trial court erred in admitting certain exhibits into evidence when the State failed to establish chain of custody (9) the trial court erred by failing to charge simple possession and casual exchange as lesser-included offenses (10) the trial court erred by allowing the State to read the indictment which contained \the name and nature of the Defendant's prior felony conviction\ and (11) cumulative error requires reversal. Following a thorough review of the record and applicable authorities, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.