Legal Opinion
State of Tennessee v. Hubert Glenn Sexton
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 29, 2012No. E2008-00292-SC-DDT-DDPublishedCited by 155 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
The defendant, tried and convicted of two counts of first degree murder, was sentenced to death for each offense. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed. In our review, we have found that the trial court erred by admitting detailed evidence of a prior claim of child sex abuse and by allowing references to the defendant’s refusal to submit to a polygraph examination. Further, the record demonstrates several instances of prosecutorial misconduct during the opening statement and during…
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