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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DARRIES LEON JACKSON

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Apr 13, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Randall F. Crossing, Jefferson City, Tennessee (on appeal), and the Defendant, Pro Se (at trial), for the appellant, Darries Leon Jackson.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Assistant Attorney General; Dan E. Armstrong, District Attorney General; and Cecil C. Mills and Ritchie Collins, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Defendant, Darries Leon Jackson, was convicted by a Hawkins County Criminal Court jury of first degree premeditated murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Defendant raises five issues on appeal: (1) whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain his conviction; (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of the Defendant’s shooting of the victim’s daughter in violation of Tennessee Rule of Evidence 404(b); (3) whether the trial court erred by allowing the Defendant’s wife to testify about conversations with the Defendant in violation of the Defendant’s marital privilege; (4) whether the jury’s overhearing of jury-out proceedings deprived the Defendant of his right to a fair trial; and (5) whether the Defendant was denied his right to a speedy trial. Based on our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.