State of Tennessee v. Luke B. Cole

The Defendant, Luke B. Cole, was convicted by a jury of second degree murder in the shooting death of David Burson. The trial court sentenced the Defendant as a Range I, violent offender to twenty years incarceration. In this appeal as of right, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred in ruling admissible certain photographs of the victim; that the trial court erred in admitting certain rebuttal evidence submitted by the State; and that his sentence is excessive. Finding no reversible error in the Defendant’s trial, we affirm his conviction. Finding that the trial court erred
in sentencing the Defendant, we modify his sentence to seventeen years.