State of Tennessee v. Antonio Tywan James

The Appellant, Antonio Tywan James, appeals as of right from his convictions of firstdegree
premeditated murder and tampering with evidence, for which he received an
effective sentence of life imprisonment. The Appellant argues the trial court erred in
denying funds to obtain expert services and in excluding the Appellant’s conversation with
his aunt, Annie Merriweather, as inadmissible hearsay. Based upon the combination of
these two alleged trial errors, the Appellant contends reversal under the cumulative error
doctrine is required. The Appellant additionally argues the trial court erred in not requiring
the State to elect which item it was using in its prosecution of tampering with evidence.
Upon our review, we affirm.