WPC ,\éy9/ʹKi~SHcQL^%m|[ conclusion;therefore,wenowaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt. *z j TennR.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed  R   #YX@h#X@X.YJoeG.Riley,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichGaryR.Wade,P.J.,andDavidG. * Hayes,J.,joined.  LeslieI._Ballin_ԀandMarkA._Mesler_X@XXX@,Memphis,Tennessee,fortheappellant,JasonM._Weiskopf_.  #X@XXX@`##YXX@+#X@XYX@XXX@PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;ElizabethT.Ryan,AssistantAttorneyGeneral; v WilliamL.Gibbons,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andThomasD.Henderson,AssistantDistrict b AttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. N  #X@XXX@U ##YXX@5 #X@XY@@OO& OPINION #YXX@ #X@XY !b  #YXX@a #  X@XY  DefendantwasconvictedbyaShelbyCountyjuryofpremeditatedfirstdegreemurderand ":" sentencedtolifeimprisonment.Inthedirectappeal,thiscourtfoundallissuestobewithoutmerit #&# exceptforthejuryinstructionrelatingtoparoleeligibility.Specifically,thiscourtconcludedthat $ $ thejuryinstructionauthorizingthejuryto"weighandconsiderthemeaningofasentenceof % % imprisonment"wasinviolationofdueprocess.Statev.JasonM._Weiskopf_,No.02C019611CR &!& 00381,1998WL40672(Tenn._Crim_.App.filedFebruary4,1998,atJackson).Subsequently,the '"' SupremeCourtofTennesseeremandedtothiscourtforreconsiderationinlightofStatev.King,973 r(#( S.W.2d586(Tenn.1998).Statev.JasonM._Weiskopf_,No.02C019611CR00381,ShelbyCounty ^)$) (Tenn.filedNovember2,1998,atJackson).Uponremand,thiscourtfoundKingtobe J*%* distinguishableandagainconcludedthe"weighandconsider"juryinstructionwasinviolationof 6+&+ dueprocess.Statev.JasonM._Weiskopf_,No.02C019611CR00381,1998WL840000(Tenn. ",r', _Crim_.App.filedDecember4,1998,atJackson).TheSupremeCourtofTennesseehasnow -^(- remandedtothiscourtforreconsiderationinlightofStatev._Nichols_,___S.W.3d___(Tenn.2000),  whichwasfiledafterthiscourt'slastopinion.  _  Thetrialjudgeinstructedthejury,pursuanttostatute,thatthejurycould"weighandconsider t themeaningofasentenceofimprisonment."SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035201(b)(2)(A)(i)(Supp. ` 1994). #  1      ׀TheSupremeCourtofTennesseehasnowspecificallydeclaredthatthisinstructionisnot L  inviolationofdueprocess.Nichols,___S.W.3dat___. 8    Thus,inaccordancewiththeholdingofNichols,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed  ` inallrespects.  L     `     h     ___________________________________      `     h     JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE