STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ZACARIAS SALAS-RUFINO - Articles

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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Sep 14, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Hannah C. Stokes, Chattanooga, Tennessee (on appeal); and Erinn O’Leary, Assistant District Public Defender (at trial), for appellant, Zacarias Salas-Rufino.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Samantha L. Simpson, Assistant Attorney General; Neal S. Pinkston, District Attorney General; and Cameron Williams and Brian C. Bush, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WITT

Aggrieved of his Hamilton County Criminal Court jury conviction of second degree murder, the defendant, Zacarias Salas-Rufino, appeals, challenging the admission of certain telephone calls and the testimony of the medical examiner on the issue of “excited delirium.” Discerning no error, we affirm.