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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
July 2005 Session

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ROBERT HOOD
Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County
No. 01-05939-40 Joseph B. Dailey, Judge

No. W2004-01678-CCA-R3-DD - Filed September 13, 2005
Capital Defendant, Robert Hood, appeals as of right his conviction of first degree murder and sentence of death resulting from the  2001 murder of Toni Banks. A Shelby County grand jury charged the defendant by indictment with one count of felony murder, one count of premeditated murder, two counts of misdemeanor theft of property, and two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping.  On May 6, 2004, a Shelby County jury found the defendant guilty of both counts of homicide and guilty as to both counts of misdemeanor theft.  The jury acquitted the defendant on both counts of aggravated kidnapping.  After a separate sentencing hearing, the jury unanimously found the presence of one statutory aggravating circumstance, that the defendant had previously been convicted of a violent felony offense.  The jury further determined that this aggravating circumstance outweighed any mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt and imposed a sentence of death.  The trial court approved the sentencing verdict.  The defendant appeals presenting for our review the following issues: (1) whether the trial court erred by denying the defendant

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