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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MELVIN SUMMERVILLE

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Feb 2, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Michael R. Working and Janet H. Goode (on appeal) and Jason Ballenger and Joseph McClusky (at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Melvin Summerville.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Samantha L. Simpson, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Jamie Kidd and Justin Prescott, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Defendant, Melvin Summerville, was convicted in the Shelby County Criminal Court of first degree premeditated murder and received a sentence of life in confinement. On appeal, the Defendant claims that the trial court erred by (1) allowing testimony about a previous domestic assault against the victim in violation of Tennessee Rule of Evidence 404(b); (2) allowing cellular telephone records into evidence when the State did not establish relevance for the records; and (3) failing to suppress the testimony of a material witness when the State did not reveal the name of the witness and turn over police body camera video involving the witness until the “eve” of trial. Based on our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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