State of Tennessee v. Chivous Sirrel Robinson

The defendant, Chivous Sirrel Robinson, was convicted of one count of solicitation to commit first degree murder and one count of second degree murder. He was sentenced to twenty-three years incarceration for the second degree murder conviction and nine years incarceration for the solicitation conviction. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively. In this appeal the defendant argues that (1) the trial court erred in declining to admit at the defendant's request the redacted statement of Toni Hill, the alleged co-perpetrator of the murder, (2) the trial court erred in denying the defense's motion to sever the solicitation count from the substantiative murder count for purposes of trial, (3) the trial court erred in admitting certain photographs of the victim's body, and (4) the trial court erred in ordering consecutive sentencing.