State of Tennessee v. Clifford Rogers

Following a jury trial, Defendant, Clifford Rogers, was convicted of premeditated first degree murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault. Defendant received an effective sentence of life plus fifteen years for his convictions. In this appeal as of right, Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the convicting evidence and the trial court’s order of consecutive sentencing. Because the trial court erroneously entered judgments of convictions for the offenses of premeditated first degree murder and felony murder, rather than merging the two offenses at sentencing, we merge Defendant’s conviction for felony murder with his conviction for premeditated murder and remand this case for entry of judgments consistent with this opinion. In all other respects, the judgments of the trial court are affirmed.