State of Tennessee v. Randy Ray McFarlin a/k/a Mac Ray McFarlane

The defendant, Randy Ray McFarlin, also known as Mac Ray McFarlane, appeals as of right his Rutherford County Criminal Court jury convictions of one count of first degree premeditated murder, see T.C.A. §39-2402(a) (1981), and one count of second degree murder, see id. § 39-2403(a), for which he received a sentence of life imprisonment. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the indictment, that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions, and that the trial court erred by admitting (1) scenes from the movie Miller’s Crossing, (2) evidence of the defendant’s and victim’s participation in a 1982 robbery, (3) evidence of the defendant’s abusive treatment of his ex-wife, and (4) photographs of the victim’s partially decomposed body. Discerning no error, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.