Court Opinion

ID: 9776305
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:30:19.088949+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:36.795894
License: Public Domain

WHITE, Judge,
concurring.
In this case, I concur with the majority’s opinion that Rule 8 of the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure requires the reversal of appellant’s second degree murder convictions. I further concur with their conclusion that, under the 1989 Sentencing Reform Act, second degree murder is not a lesser included offense of first degree felony murder. I write separately only because I disagree in part with the conclusions reached by the majority on the sentencing issue. Since the majority notes that the reversal moots the sentencing issue and offers that portion of the opinion for “guidance on remand,” it is not necessary for me to address the concerns I have on that issue.