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DavidL._Hamblen_,UnionCity,Tennessee,fortheappellant,Maurice_Lydell_Ԁ_Purdy_.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneral&Reporter;_T.E._ԀWilliams,III,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;and ` JamesT.Cannon,AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. L  * @@OO& OPINION #FXXY #XXF $"t! #FXX #  XXF  OnJune23,1996,thedefendantshotandkilledthevictim,_Demetrius_ԀDavis,inretaliation #L# forabeatingthevictimhadadministeredtothedefendant'smotheronJune19,1996.Thevictim $8 $ hadalsokickedthedefendant'ssisterinthefaceonJune20,1996.Thedefendant'scousin,Tammy %$!% _Bolden_,calledthedefendantandtoldhimaboutthebeatings.Additionally,sheinformedhimthat &"& thevictimhadagainthreatenedharmtohismother,statingthathehad"whooped[thedefendant's '"' sister]andwasgonnawhoop[thedefendant'smother]."Thevictim,whowasshotnearhis (#( residence,sufferedonewoundtothewristandthreetotheback.Whileacknowledginghis )$) responsibilityfortheshooting,thedefendant,whowaschargedwithfirstdegreemurder,maintained p*%* attrialthatthehomicidequalifiedasvoluntarymanslaughter. \+&+   H,', _  Apanelofthiscourtgrantedadelayedappealbaseduponthestatestatutoryrighttoonelevel   ofappellatereviewandtheguaranteeofasimilarrightbytheUnitedStatesConstitution.See  Purdy,No.02C019807CC00211,slipop.at6;seealsoCollinsv.State,670S.W.2d219,221  (Tenn.1984)(citingDouglasv.California,372U.S.353(1963);Rossv.Moffitt,417U.S.600 t (1974)).Thepanelconcludedthataftertheoriginaltrial,thedefendant'sattorneyhadfailedto ` properlysecurehiswaiveroftherighttodirectappeal. L    Inthisdelayedappeal,thedefendantcomplainsthatwhiletheevidencewassufficientto $ t supportaconvictionforvoluntarymanslaughter,itwasinsufficienttosupporttheconvictionfor  ` seconddegreemurder.Thedefendantacknowledgesthatthestateintroducedaconfessionindicating  L  thathehadcontemplatedthemurderforseveraldaysbeforefiringthefatalshots,buthecontends  8  thatthejuryrejectedtheevidenceofpremeditationbyreturningaverdictofseconddegreemurder. $  Thedefendantarguesthatacompromiseverdictisinappropriateandthatthejudgmentshouldbe   modifiedtovoluntarymanslaughterbasedupontheremainingproof.Thedefendantassertsthat"the   realprovocationoccurredonSundayimmediatelypriortotheshooting"whenheobservedhis   mother's"swollenfaceandthecutabovehereye."     Attrial,thestateestablishedthatthedefendant,joinedbytwoothermen,drovefrom \ TiptonvilletoUnionCityafterlearningofthevictim'smisconduct.Thedefendant,armedwitha.38 H caliberrevolver,foundthevictimathisapartmentcomplexandranafterhimwhenhetriedtoflee. 4 Thedefendantconfessedthathehadshotthevictimuntilheranoutofammunition.Tenwitnesses  p testifiedonbehalfofthestate.Threewitnessestestifiedonbehalfofthedefense.  \   Onappeal,thestateisentitledtothestrongestlegitimateviewoftheevidenceandall 4 inferenceswhichmightbedrawntherefrom.Statev.Cabbage,571S.W.2d832,835(Tenn.1978).   Thecredibilityofthewitnesses,theweighttobegiventheirtestimony,andthereconciliationof   conflictsintheevidencearemattersentrustedexclusivelytothejuryasthetrieroffact.Byrgev.  State,575S.W.2d292,295(Tenn.Crim.App.1978).Therelevantquestioniswhether,after  reviewingtheevidenceinthelightmostfavorabletothestate,anyrationaltrieroffactcouldhave  foundtheessentialelementsofthecrimebeyondareasonabledoubt.Tenn.R.App.P.13(e);State l v.Williams,657S.W.2d405,410(Tenn.1983).Thiscourtmayneitherreweighnorreevaluatethe X  evidence;normaythiscourtsubstituteitsinferencesforthosedrawnbythetrieroffact.Liakasv. D! State,199Tenn.298,286S.W.2d856,859(1956).Theevidenceissufficientwhenarationaltrier 0"  offactcouldconcludethatthedefendantisguiltybeyondareasonabledoubt.Jacksonv.Virginia, #l! 443U.S.307,319(1979).Thedefendanthastheburdenofdemonstratingthattheevidenceisnot $X" sufficientwhenthereisachallengetothesufficiencyoftheevidence.Statev.Tuggle,639S.W.2d $D # 913,914(Tenn.1982). %0!$   Seconddegreemurderisdefinedas"aknowingkillingofanother...."Tenn.CodeAnn. '#& 3913210;seeStatev.Collins,986S.W.2d13(Tenn.Crim.App.1998);Statev.Gray,960 (#' S.W.2d598(Tenn.Crim.App.1997).Voluntarymanslaughteris,ofcourse,alesserincluded )$( offenseofseconddegreemurder.Statev.Ruane,912S.W.2d766(Tenn.Crim.App.1995). |*%) Voluntarymanslaughterisdefinedas"theintentionalorknowingkillingofanotherinastateof h+&* passionproducedbyadequateprovocationsufficienttoleadareasonablepersontoactinan  irrationalmanner."Tenn.CodeAnn.3913211.    Inthisinstance,thejuryreceivedinstructionsonbothseconddegreemurderandvoluntary t manslaughter.Therewasevidenceofprovocationandevidencethatthedefendantarmedhimself, ` droveseveralmilestoaneighboringcity,andthenpursuedthefleeingvictimbeforeshootinghim L  intheback.Thejuryispresumedtohavefollowedtheinstructionsofthetrialcourtwhich,inthis 8  case,wereproperlygiven.SeeStatev.Newsome,744S.W.2d911,915(Tenn.Crim.App.1987). $ t Itwastheprerogativeofthejurytoassessthecredibilityofthewitnesses,toweightheevidence,and  ` todeterminetheappropriatedegreeofhomicide.Onoccasion,ajurywillexerciseitsprerogative  L  bydeterminingthatthedefendantisguiltyofalesseroffense,eveninlightofproofofthegreater  8  offense.SeeTenn.Const.art.I,19("thejuryshallhavearighttodeterminethelawandthefacts, $  underthedirectionofthecourt...inallcriminalcases");seealso,e.g.,Statev.Allen,692S.W.2d   651,653(Tenn.Crim.App.1985);Statev.RayVance,No.01C019610CC00425(Tenn.Crim.   App.,atNashville,Dec.3,1997),app.forperm.toapp.denied,(Tenn.,Sept.21,1998);Statev.   ShermanDavidLawson,No.03C019107CR192(Tenn.Crim.App.,atKnoxville,Feb.6,1992).   Thatisnotthecasehere.Theevidencewassufficienttosupportthejury'sverdict.󀀀 p   Accordingly,thejudgmentofconvictionforseconddegreemurderisaffirmed. H    `     h     ___________________________________ H    `     h     GARYR.WADE,PRESIDINGJUDGE