State of Tennessee v. Vana Mustafa

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Defendant, Vana Mustafa, was convicted by a jury of first-degree premeditated murder and received a life sentence. On appeal, Defendant argues that: the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction the trial court failed to fully charge the jury as to the law concerning self-defense the trial court erred by requiring him to provide his list of witness's statements to the State at the close of the State's proof that he was denied the constitutional right to present a defense because the trial court excluded testimony by his expert witness the trial court erred by excluding his expert witness from the courtroom during trial the trial court erred by limiting impeachment of a State's witness the trial court erred in failing to grant a mistrial he should be granted a new trial based on newly discovered evidence his life sentence is unconstitutional he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial and he is entitled to a new trial because the cumulative effect of errors denied him a fair trial. Following our review of the entire record, oral argument, and the parties' briefs, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.