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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. BRANDON JOHNSON

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Nov 15, 2019

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Laurie Winstead Hall, Memphis, Tennessee (on appeal); and Juni S. Ganguli (at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Brandon Johnson.

Attorneys 2:

Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Jonathan H. Wardle, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Carolyn Alanda Dwyer and Meghan Fowler, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): THOMAS

Following a jury trial, the Defendant, Brandon Johnson, was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, for which he received an effective sentence of life plus ten years. On appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred by failing to suppress three lineup identifications that were unduly suggestive; (2) the trial court erred by refusing to sever the unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon offense from the first-degree murder count, thereby preventing him from receiving a fair trial; and (3) the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions. Following our review, we affirm the Defendant’s convictions.

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