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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
Assigned on Briefs May 8, 2001

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LUKE B. COLE
Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County
No. 98-09236 W. Otis Higgs, Judge

No. W2000-01530-CCA-R3-CD - Filed August 10, 2001
The Defendant, Luke B. Cole, was convicted by a jury of second degree murder in the shooting death of David Burson.  The trial court sentenced the Defendant as a Range I, violent offender to twenty years incarceration.  In this appeal as of right, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred in ruling admissible certain photographs of the victim; that the trial court erred in admitting certain rebuttal evidence submitted by the State; and that his sentence is excessive.  Finding no reversible error in the Defendant

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