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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MICHAEL MARCELL BROWN

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on May 15, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Mitchell A. Raines (on appeal), Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Division; George Morton Googe (at trial), District Public Defender; Jeremy Epperson and Joshua Phillips (at trial), Assistant District Public Defenders, for the appellant, Michael Marcell Brown.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katharine K. Decker, Assistant Attorney General; Jody S. Pickens, District Attorney General; and Shaun Brown, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The Defendant, Michael Marcell Brown, was convicted by a Madison County Circuit Court jury of first degree felony murder in the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate robbery; conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, a Class C felony; and attempt to perpetrate aggravated robbery, a Class C felony. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-202(a)(2) (2018) (subsequently amended) (first degree felony murder), 39-12-103(a) (conspiracy) (2018); 39-13-402(a) (2018) (aggravated robbery); 39-12-101(a) (2018) (criminal attempt). The trial court sentenced the Defendant to life for first degree murder and to six years for each of the two remaining convictions. The court imposed the sentences concurrently to each other but consecutively to the Defendant’s sentences in another case. On appeal, the Defendant contends that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions, (2) the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his pretrial statement, (3) the court erred in excluding hearsay evidence, (4) the court erred in admitting a photograph exhibit because it was not properly authenticated, and (5) the cumulative effect of multiple trial errors requires relief. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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