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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LAKEITH MOODY

Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Mar 16, 2016

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Stephen C. Bush, District Public Defender; and Tony N. Brayton, Lawrence White, and Kindle Nance, Assistant Public Defenders, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Appellant, LaKeith Moody.

Attorneys 2:

Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael A. Meyer, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; Patience Branham and Marianne Bell, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WOODALL

Following a jury trial, Defendant, LaKeith Moody, was convicted of first degree premeditated murder and first degree felony murder of the victim, with whom Defendant had a long-time romantic relationship. He received a sentence of life imprisonment. On appeal, Defendant argues that (1) the trial court erred by admitting acts of prior domestic violence committed by Defendant against the victim; (2) the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions; and (3) the trial court failed to merge Defendant?s convictions for premeditated and felony murder into one judgment for first degree murder. After a thorough review, we affirm the convictions for first degree premeditated murder and felony murder and remand the case for entry of corrected judgment forms noting merger of the two convictions as set forth herein.

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