State of Tennessee v. Roger Earl England

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Defendant, Roger Earl England, appeals as of right from his conviction for first degree premeditated murder, for which he is serving a life sentence. On appeal, Defendant contends that (1) the evidence of premeditation is insufficient to support his conviction (2) the trial court erred by admitting Defendant's jail telephone calls and emails, which alerted the jury to Defendant's pretrial incarceration (3) the prosecutor made improper statements during the State's closing and rebuttal arguments (4) the trial court erred by instructing the jury that destruction of evidence could be considered evidence of guilt only as to the charged offense of first degree murder and by declining to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter as a lesser-included offense and (5) the cumulative effect of these errors entitles him to a new trial. After a thorough review of the evidence and applicable case law, we affirm