Legal Opinion
State v. Odom
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 2011No. W2008-02464-SC-DDT-DDPublishedCited by 32 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
The defendant was convicted of first-degree murder in the perpetration of rape. In the penalty phase of the trial, the jury imposed a sentence of death, finding three aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) the defendant was previously convicted of one or more violent felonies; (2) the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel; and (3) the murder was committed during the defendant’s escape from lawful custody or from a. place of lawful confinement. The…
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