Legal Opinion
Brimmer v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 15, 1998No. 03C01-9703-CC-00083PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARY R. WADE, Judge.
The petitioner, David Allen Brimmer, was convicted of first degree murder on March 1, 1991. A jury imposed the death penalty based upon a single aggravating circumstance: that the petitioner was engaged in the commission of a robbery at the time of the crime. Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-204(i)(7). On direct appeal, the conviction and sentence were affirmed by our supreme court. State v. Brimmer, 876 S.W.2d 75 (Tenn.1994). On April 18, 1995, the petitioner filed a post-conviction petition alleging, among other things, that he was denied the effective assistance of…
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