Legal Opinion
State v. Bell
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 10, 2015PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · BivinsJeffrey S. Bivins, J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK and HOLLY KIRBY, JJ., joined. SHARON G. LEE, C.J., filed a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which GARY R. WADE, J., joined.
In this capital case, the jury convicted the Defendant, Rickey Alvis Bell, Jr., of two alternative counts of first degree felony murder, one count of especially aggravated kidnapping, and one count of aggravated sexual battery. The jury sentenced the Defendant to death for the first degree murder based on four aggravating circumstances. On direct appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the Defendant’s…
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