State of Tennessee v. Latosha Starks-Twilley

A Shelby County Criminal Court jury convicted the Defendant, Latosha Starks-Twilley, of
first degree premeditated murder, and the trial court imposed a sentence of life
imprisonment. On appeal, the Defendant argues: (1) the trial court erred in allowing the
State to ask the defense expert prejudicial questions; (2) the trial court erred in allowing
the State to ask the defense expert whether the Defendant met the criteria for antisocial
personality disorder; (3) the trial court erred in prohibiting the defense from asking its own
expert about whether the Defendant lacked the capacity to form the mens rea required for
the offense; (4) the trial court erred in denying the Defendant’s request for the pattern jury
instruction on reckless homicide; (5) the trial court erred in admitting certain photographs
of the deceased victim into evidence; and (6) the evidence is insufficient to sustain her
conviction. After review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.