State of Tennessee v. Christian Pitts

A Shelby County jury convicted the Defendant, Christian Pitts, of second degree murder and of being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun, and the trial court sentenced him to an effective sentence of twenty years. On appeal, the Defendant asserts that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions and challenges the trial court’s self defense instruction that included the “duty to retreat” language. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.