State v. Coker

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is a direct appeal of a death penalty case. Defendant was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death upon the jury’s finding that defendant had a prior conviction of a felony involving violence, T.C.A. § 39-2-203(i)(2) and that this murder was committed, “for remuneration or the promise of remuneration, or employed another to commit the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration,” T.C.A. § 39 — 2—203(i)(4).

Cletus Price was shot in the left eye at close range as he sat in his chair at home alone and died almost instantly. He was legally…