State of Tennessee v. Yancey Lee Williams, II

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The Defendant, Yancey Lee Williams II, was convicted by a jury of first degree premeditated murder, for which he received a sentence of life imprisonment. On appeal, the Defendant argues that (1) there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction, specifically, challenging the element of premeditation (2) the trial court erred by finding that he was engaged in unlawful activity and thereby omitting the \no duty to retreat\ language from the self-defense instruction (3) the prosecutor made improper and inflammatory comments regarding religion and race during closing arguments and (4) plain error occurred when the State failed to provide pretrial documentation of a witness's statement to law enforcement despite an order being in place directing such disclosure. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.