State of Tennessee v. Nikos Burgins
Syllabus
The Defendant, Nikos Burgins, appeals his conviction for solicitation of first degree murder and corresponding thirty-year sentence. The Defendant argues that (1) the trial court erred by qualifying three law enforcement officers as gang experts (2) the court erred by allowing a layperson to offer expert testimony about handwriting (3) the court erred by declining to issue an absent material witness instruction (4) the court erred by admitting general gang evidence, including testimony regarding unrelated gang violence in a prison and (5) the court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal due to insufficient evidence. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm.
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Judges: Judge D. Kelly Thomas
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