Legal Opinion
Terry v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 25, 2001No. M1999-00191-SC-DDT-DDPublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerBarker, J.
in which ANDERSON, C.J., and DROWOTA, and HOLDER, JJ, joined.
The defendant was first convicted of premeditated first degree murder and arson in 1989. The jury found two statutory aggravating circumstances: (1) that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel in that it involved torture or depravity of mind; and (2) that the murder was committed while the defendant was engaged in committing a larceny. Finding that the aggravating circumstances outweighed the mitigating circumstances, the jury sentenced the defendant to death by electrocution. This Court granted a new…
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