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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LAMISHA LANEA HAYNES

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 7, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Nick McGregor, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Lamisha Lanea Haynes.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Brooke A. Huppenthal, Assistant Attorney General; Wendell Ray Crouch, Jr., District Attorney General; and Jack T. Arnold and Erin Danielle Bryson, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Dickson County jury convicted the Defendant, Lamisha Lanea Haynes, of second degree murder, and the trial court sentenced the Defendant as a Range I offender to serve twenty years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant asserts: (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain her conviction; (2) the trial court improperly excluded testimony about the victim’s prior gun use; (3) the trial court improperly instructed the jury on flight; and (4) her sentence is excessive. The Defendant also claims that the cumulative error of these issues warrants relief. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

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