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State of Tennessee v. Howard Hawk Willis

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided July 6, 2016No. E2012-01313-SC-DDT-DDPublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

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2Opinion of the Court · KirbyHolly Kirby, J., joined by Cornelia A. Clark and Jeffrey S. Bivins, J.J.,

SHARON G. LEE, C.J, filed a concurring opinion.

This appeal arises from the murder of two teenagers, accompanied by the dismemberment of one of them. A jury convicted the defendant, Howard Hawk Willis, of two counts of premeditated first-degree murder and one count of felony murder in the perpetration of a kidnapping. The jury sentenced the defendant to death on each conviction. The defendant appealed, and the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his convictions and sentences.1 On appeal, the defendant contends, inter alia, that certain incriminating statements he made to his ex-wife…

3Cases cited209 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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4Cited by83 opinions

  1. State v. BeasleyOhio Supreme Court · 2018
  2. State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Devall DavidsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2016
  3. State of Tennessee v. James HawkinsTennessee Supreme Court · 2017
  4. State of Tennessee v. Sedrick ClaytonTennessee Supreme Court · 2017
  5. State of Tennessee v. Jerry Lewis TuttleTennessee Supreme Court · 2017

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