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Claiborne v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided June 10, 1977PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TATUM, Judge.

OPINION

A McMinn County Grand Jury returned a two-count indictment against Kenneth Lee Claiborne. The indictment charged him with murder in the first degree in violation of T.C.A. § 39-2402(2)(e) [killing of a peace officer] and violation of T.C.A. § 39-2402(4) [committing murder in the perpetration of robbery]. Venue was changed to Monroe County upon the defendant’s application. The Monroe County jury found the defendant guilty under the first count (murder of a peace officer); punishment was fixed at death by electrocution. The jury had been instructed not to consider the second…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Carroll v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  2. McBee v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  3. State v. BullingtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Collins v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Bostick v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1962

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. CarterTennessee Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Harrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
  3. Robert Earl Pryor v. James H. Rose, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
  4. State v. GullettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. State v. GilbertCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1980

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