Legal Opinion
State v. Norris
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 3, 1984PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TATUM, Judge.
The defendant, Charles A. Norris, was convicted of first degree murder and armed robbery and sentenced to concurrent sentences of life and 60 years, respectively. On this appeal, he presents several issues which we find to be without merit.
The defendant does not attack the sufficiency of the evidence. The State’s principal witness was a 24-year-old woman named Kathy Payne. Prior to the murder, Ms. Payne was employed at Aquarius Industry in Nashville where the victim, James Clifton Carpenter, was a supervisor. Ms. Payne had visited in the victim’s house on several occasions…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- State v. MorganTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. BlackTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. MiddlebrooksTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- State v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. BarberTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. MillerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
- State v. SpurlockCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
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