Legal Opinion
State v. Godsey
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 2001No. E1997-00207-SC-R11-DDPublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, JANICE M. HOLDER and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ. joined.
Bobby G. Godsey was convicted of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of aggravated child abuse. Following a sentencing hearing, the jury imposed a sentence of death upon finding that the single aggravating circumstance, “[t]he murder was committed against a person less than twelve (12) years of age and the defendant was eighteen (18) years of age, or older,”1 outweighed mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt. The…
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