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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RHASEAN LOWRY

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Apr 15, 2020

Head Comment: Concurring Opinion by Woodall

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Daniel J. Ripper, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Rhasean Lowry.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Garrett D. Ward, Assistant Attorney General; Neal Pinkston, District Attorney General; and Cameron Williams and Lance Pope, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WITT

Aggrieved of his Hamilton County Criminal Court jury convictions of felony murder in the perpetration of aggravated child abuse and aggravated child abuse, the defendant, Rhasean Lowry, appeals. The defendant alleges that the trial court erred by denying his motion to disqualify the Hamilton County District Attorney General’s Office, by admitting into evidence photographs taken during the victim’s autopsy, by refusing to provide a jury instruction on facilitation as a lesser included offense of felony murder and aggravated child abuse, and by denying his motion for new trial based upon the admission of certain testimony. He also contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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