State of Tennessee v. Lejeanra E. Polk

On August 4, 2008, the Montgomery County grand jury charged the defendant, Lejeanra E. Polk and a co-defendant, Nicole T. Davis, with one count of premeditated first degree murder, see T.C.A. § 39-13-202(a)(1) (1991 and Supp. 1995), and one count of first degree felony murder, see id. § 39-13-202(a)(2), for the November 1995 stabbing death of Carolyn Vega-Velasquez. Following a bench trial, the defendant was convicted of second degree murder and felony murder. At sentencing, the trial court merged the second degree murder conviction into the felony murder conviction and imposed a life sentence by operation of law. See id. § 39-13-208(c). The defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal. Discerning no infirmity in the evidence, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.