Legal Opinion

State v. Workman

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 30, 1984PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

The defendant, Phillip Workman, has appealed his conviction for murder in the first degree in the perpetration of a robbery, and the sentence of death. He questions the sufficiency of the convicting evidence and the evidence supporting the aggravating circumstances found by the jury, the rulings by the trial court on the efficacy of the indictment, on voir dire, on the admission of evidence, on objections to argument of the state in the sentencing phase of the trial, and the court’s instructions to the jury. Defendant also insists that the Tennessee Death Penalty Act is…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Alexander v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Rose v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by85 opinions

  1. State v. HarrisTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Bottoson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. State v. MelsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
  4. State v. BigbeeTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
  5. State v. HowellTennessee Supreme Court · 1993

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