State of Tennessee v. Larry Donnell Golden, Jr.

The Defendant, Larry Donnell Golden, Jr., was convicted by a Carroll County Circuit Court jury of second degree murder, a Class A felony, and reckless endangerment for discharging a firearm into an occupied habitation, a Class C felony. He was sentenced to an effective term of twenty-three years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial court erred by sua sponte modifying the Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions relative to the charge of reckless endangerment and that the State improperly commented in its closing argument on his decision not to testify. After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.