Legal Opinion
State v. Payne
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1990PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FONES, Justice.
Defendant was found guilty of first degree murder of Charisse Christopher and her daughter, Lacie, and guilty of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree of her son, Nicholas. He was given the death penalty for each of the murders and thirty (30) years for the assault with intent to commit murder offense.
Charisse Christopher was 28 years old, divorced, and lived in Hiwassee Apartments, in Millington, Tennessee, with her two children, three and one-half year old Nicholas and two and one-half year old Lacie. The building in which she lived contained four…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Booth v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Mills v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- California v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by101 opinions
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- State v. RiceTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
- State v. BigbeeTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. HallTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
- State v. StephensonTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
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