Opinion
No. 02C01-9805-CR-00146.
Decided March 9, 1999.
SHELBY COUNTY, HON.W. FRED AXLEY, JUDGE, (Voluntary Manslaughter).
AFFIRMED
FOR THE APPELLANT:
EDWIN C. LENOW
FOR THE APPELLEE:
PAUL G. SUMMERS, Attorney General and Reporter, J. ROSS DYER, Assistant Attorney General, WILLIAM L. GIBBONS, District Attorney General, ROSEMARY ANDREWS, Assistant District Attorney General.
OPINION FILED:
OPINION
Defendant appeals as of right from his conviction by a Shelby County jury of voluntary manslaughter. The sole issue raised is venue. We find venue was properly established and AFFIRM the judgment of the trial court.
On March 21, 1997, several Collierville Police officers responded to a call at 174 Woodfern Cove, Collierville, Tennessee. Defendant had shot and killed Ellis L. Morris. Officer Bunker testified that 174 Woodfern Cove is in Collierville. Officer Flynn testified that Collierville is in Shelby County, Tennessee.
The testimony at trial clearly established venue. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-201(e); State v. Hutcherson, 790 S.W.2d 532, 535 (Tenn. 1990). We AFFIRM the judgment of the trial court.
______________________________ JOE G. RILEY, JUDGE CONCUR:
______________________________ JOHN H. PEAY, JUDGE
______________________________ JAMES C. BEASLEY, SR., SPECIAL JUDGE