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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE
Assigned on Briefs January 15, 2003

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. WILLIAM BRIAN ROBINSON
Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Davidson County
No. 2001-A-383 Steve R. Dozier, Judge

No. M2002-00665-CCA-R3-CD - Filed July 11, 2003
The Davidson County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant for first degree premeditated murder.  A Davidson County jury found the Defendant guilty as charged, and the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment.  The Defendant now appeals, claiming that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain the verdict, and in particular, that the evidence was insufficient to prove premeditation. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.  

Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Criminal Court Affirmed
ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which DAVID H. WELLES and THOM AS T. WOODA LL, JJ., joined.
Gregory D. Smith (on appeal), Clarksville, Tennessee; and Robert J. Turner (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, William Brian Robinson.
Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; David H. Findley, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. Johnson, III, District Attorney General; Katrin N. Miller and Angelita Dalton, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION
Lakeisha Green, the victim

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