Legal Opinion
State v. Bane
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 3, 2001No. W1997-02158-SC-DDT-DDPublishedCited by 240 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · AndersonE. Riley Anderson, C.J.
BARKER, JJ., joined.
The defendant, John Michael Bane, was convicted of felony murder in the perpetra*416tion of a robbery for an offense committed in November of 1988. The jury originally imposed a sentence of death after it found that evidence of two aggravating circumstances — (1) the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel in that it involved torture or depravity of mind and (2) the murder was committed during the perpetration of a felony — outweighed evidence of any mitigating factors. See Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-2-203(i)(5), (7) (1982). On appeal, this Court affirmed the…
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