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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DEON LAMONT CARTMELL

Posted by: Brittany Sims on Jul 7, 2014

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Jim Todd and Katie Hagan, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Defendant, Deon Lamont Cartmell.

Attorneys 2:

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Rachel Harmon, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. (Torry) Johnson, III, District Attorney General; Tom Thurman, Deputy District Attorney General; and Amy H. Eisenback, Assistant District Attorney, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): TIPTON

The Defendant, Deon Lamont Cartmell, was convicted by a Davidson County Criminal Court jury of second degree murder, a Class A felony, and received an eighteen-year sentence. See T.C.A. § 39-13-210 (2010). On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred (1) in admitting the victim’s statements into evidence, (2) in admitting evidence that the victim’s wedding ring was missing, (3) in admitting evidence that Megan Prisco had a flirtatious relationship with him before the victim’s death, (4) in admitting evidence that he boasted about his treating his wife poorly to Metro Police Field Training Officer Mackovis Peebles, (5) in admitting evidence that he carelessly left weapons around his house and used profanity when Antoya Brandon confronted him about it, (6) in admitting evidence of his conversation with Metro Police Chaplain James Duke, (7) in admitting proof of his relationships with other women after the victim’s death, (8) in allowing the State to question him about his contact with Paige Merriweather, (9) in allowing the State to question him about an incident three years before the victim’s death when he confronted her about having sex with other men, (10) in ordering redaction of a portion of the defense expert’s report, and (11) in enhancing his sentence. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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