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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE
FILED
APRIL SESSION, 1998
August 12, 1998
Cecil W. Crowson Appellate Court Clerk STATE OF TE NNE SSEE, ) C.C.A. NO. 01C01-9704-CR-00158

)  
Appellee,  )  
)  DAVIDSON COUNTY  
V.  )  
)  
)  HON. THOMAS H. SHRIVER, JUDGE  
JAMES C. NICHOLS,  )  
)  
Appe llant.  )  (FIRST DEGREE MURDER)  
FOR THE APPELLANT:  FOR THE APPELLEE:  
KARL DEAN  JOHN KNOX WALKUP  
District Public Defender  Attorney General & Reporter  
JEFFREY A. DeVASHER  TIMO THY F . BEHAN  
Assistant Public Defender  Assistant Attorney General  
(On A ppea l)  2nd Floor, Cordell Hull Building  
425 Fifth Avenue North  
ROBERT M. ROBINSON  Nashville, TN  37243  
MAR Y GR IFFIN  
Assistant Public Defenders  VICTO R S. JO HNS ON, III  
1202 Stahlman Building  District Attorney General  
Nashville, TN  37201  
(At Tr ial)  NICHOLAS D. BAILEY  
Assistant District Attorney General  
Washington Square  
222 Second Avenue North, Suite 500  
Nashville, TN  37201-1649  

OPINION FILED ________________________ AFFIRMED THOMAS T. WOODALL, JUDGE

OPINION

The Defendant, James C. Nichols, appeals as of right fro m his convic tion in the Davidson County Criminal Court.  Following a jury trial, the Defendant was convicted of first degree murder a nd was se ntenced as a career offend er to serve a life senten ce in the T ennes see De partme nt of Corre ction.  In this a ppeal, the Defendant argues the following issues:
1) Wh ether the trial court erre d in deny ing the Defen dant

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