State of Tennessee v. Roy Donald Coons, Jr.

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A Davidson County jury convicted the defendant, Roy Donald Coons, Jr., of two counts of second-degree murder, one count of first-degree felony murder, one count of attempted rape of a child, and one count of aggravated criminal trespass, for which he received an effective sentence of life imprisonment plus twenty-five years. On appeal, the defendant argues the trial court erred in allowing the admission of the victim's text messages, in permitting the State to introduce an excessive number of photographs of the victim, and in imposing consecutive sentences. The defendant also contends the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his convictions. After reviewing the record and considering the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court. However, we remand the case for corrected judgment forms in counts one and three.