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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TRAVIS COHENS

Posted by: David Lazar on Jul 16, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Claiborne Ferguson, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Travis Cohens.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Steve Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Regina Lucreziano and Venecia Patterson, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Defendant, Travis Cohens, was convicted by a Shelby County Criminal Court jury of first degree premeditated murder, attempted second degree murder, reckless endangerment, two counts of employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, and convicted felon in possession of a handgun. He raises four issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence of his prior bad acts; (2) whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain his first degree premeditated murder conviction; (3) whether the trial court erred by failing to give a complete and accurate jury instruction as to the knowing and intentional mens rea; and (4) whether the prosecutor engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by misstating the mens rea to the jury during closing argument. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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