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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DARIUS MARKEE ALSTON aka “JACK”

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Apr 27, 2020

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Claiborne H. Ferguson, Memphis, Tennessee (on appeal) and David S. Stockton, Assistant Public Defender (at trial), for the appellant, Darius Markee Alston.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Courtney N. Orr, Assistant Attorney General; Mark E. Davidson, District Attorney General; and Julie K. Pillow, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): DYER

A Lauderdale County jury convicted the defendant, Darius Markee Alston, of two counts of first degree premeditated murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of especially aggravated robbery, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of life in confinement. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions, and asserts the trial court erred by: allowing testimony of his co-defendant’s nickname, allowing improper opinion testimony, denying his motion for a mistrial, and not severing his trial from his co-defendant’s trial. Upon our review of the record, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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