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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. PHILLIP JEROME LOCKE

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Apr 30, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Gerald L. Gulley, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Phillip Jerome Locke.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Abigail H. Rinard, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Kevin Allen and Hector Sanchez, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Knox County jury convicted the Defendant of first degree premeditated murder, felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, carjacking, unlawful possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, unlawful possession of a handgun as a convicted felon, and the lesser included offense of possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of life plus thirty years. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that: (1) the trial court erred when it failed to give an accomplice jury instruction for a witness, Duraejia Clark; (2) the convicting evidence is insufficient because the State failed to corroborate the accomplice’s testimony; and (3) cumulative error requires reversal. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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