State of Tennessee v. Bobby Jackson

A Shelby County jury convicted the defendant, Bobby Jackson, of first degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery and especially aggravated robbery, a Class A felony. The trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment for the first degree murder conviction and to twenty years for the especially aggravated robbery conviction, to be served concurrently in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions, that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence the videotaped preliminary hearing testimony of an allegedly unavailable witness, that the trial court erred by allowing the jury to view the videotaped testimony in the jury room during deliberations, and that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence a letter purportedly written by the defendant. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.