Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 8/19/2015

State v. Bonds

Citations

502 S.W.3d 118
2016 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 266

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concluding that a challenge to evidence is waived where an appellate brief fails to “specifically identify which evidence [the defendant] deems improper” and makes “only a general complaint”
holding that where an appellate brief fails to “specifically identify which evidence [the defendant] deems improper” and makes “only a general complaint,” the defendant waives the issue for appellate review.
concluding that hearsay testimony regarding identification at a suppression hearing was properly admitted
holding that this court will “refuse to speculate about which pieces of evidence [an appellant] may find objectionable” where the appellant’s brief “fails to specifically identify which evidence he deems improper” and makes only a “general complaint”
finding unconstitutional a statute enhancing criminal sentences for gang members without requiring a nexus between gang status and the underlying crime
“This Court has repeatedly recognized that the Confrontation Clause is not applicable to sentencing hearings.”

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Judges: Easter, McMullen, Witt

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