State of Tennessee v. Michael Wright

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In a sealed indictment, the Defendant-Appellant, Michael Wright, was charged by a Davidson County grand jury with alternative counts of first-degree premeditated murder and murder in the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate a robbery of Gregory \Pee Wee\ Johnson (counts one and two), and first-degree premeditated murder of Daresha Cole (count three). A petite jury convicted the Defendant as charged of felony murder in count one and first-degree premeditated murder in count three, for which he received consecutive sentences of life imprisonment. In this appeal as of right, the Defendant raises the following issues for our review: (1) whether the trial court erred in denying the Defendant's motion to dismiss based on a violation of the Interstate Compact on Detainers (ICD) (2) whether the trial court erred in denying the Defendant's motion to sever offenses (3) whether the trial court erred in admitting the Defendant's social media posts (4) whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the Defendant's convictions and (5) whether the trial court erred in imposing consecutive sentencing. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.