State of Tennessee v. Joseph Barajar

The defendant, Joseph Barajar, originally charged with premeditated first degree murder, was convicted of second degree murder. The trial court ordered a twenty-five-year sentence in the Department of Correction. In this appeal of right, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, cites error in the admission of the evidence, and asserts that his sentence is excessive. See Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. __, 124 S. Ct. 2531 (2004). The sentence must be modified to twenty-two years; otherwise, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.