Legal Opinion
State v. McKay
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 1984PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FONES, Justice.
Defendants, Larry McKay and Michael Eugene Sample, have appealed their convictions of murder in the perpetration of armed robbery and sentences of death. The jury found Sample guilty of three aggravating circumstances and McKay guilty of four aggravating circumstances and no mitigating circumstances as to either defendant. We affirm the convictions of murder in the first degree and the death sentences.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
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- State v. ShawSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
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3Cited by113 opinions
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