Legal Opinion
State v. Faulkner
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 2005No. W2001-02614-SC-DDT-DDPublishedCited by 232 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, J.
in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ„ joined. ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J. filed a concurring and dissenting opinion.
The defendant, Robert Faulkner, was convicted of the first degree premeditated murder of his wife, Shirley Faulkner. The jury imposed a sentence of death based upon the aggravating circumstance that the defendant was previously convicted of one or more violent felonies. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-204(i)(2) (1997). The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed. On automatic appeal under Tennessee Code Annotated section 39 —…
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