State of Tennessee v. Antonius Harris

A Gibson County jury convicted the defendant of two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, one count of attempted second degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of felony reckless endangerment. The trial court ordered him to serve an effective sentence of thirty-one years. On appeal, the defendant argues: (1) the trial court should have dismissed the superseding indictment; (2) there was insufficient evidence to support all of his convictions except for one aggravated assault conviction; (3) the trial court should have instructed the jury on self-defense; (4) the trial court should have instructed the jury on facilitation on all charged offenses and attempted voluntary manslaughter as a lesser-included offense of attempted first degree murder; and (5) his sentences were excessive. We set aside one sentence for aggravated assault because it was merged into the conviction for attempted second degree murder, but otherwise affirm the judgments of the trial court.