Legal Opinion
Edwards v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 17, 1976PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, Chief Justice.
Petitioner, George S. Edwards, was indicted for murder in the first degree for the June 7, 1972, killing of his sister, Elizabeth (Betty) A. Edwards. Petitioner admitted he had shot and killed his sister on the date alleged in the indictment, and interposed the defense of insanity at the time of commission of the act. The jury found petitioner guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary, and sentence was pronounced accordingly. On appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals, the majority of the court found…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by98 opinions
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