Legal Opinion
State v. Pritchett
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 3, 1981PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FONES, Justice.
This is a direct appeal, pursuant to T.C.A. § 39-2406, by defendant Luther Terry Pritchett of his conviction of murder in the first degree and the sentence of death. The jury found two statutory aggravating circumstances: (1) the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel in that it involved torture or depravity of mind; and (2) the murder was committed while the defendant was engaged in committing robbery.
At the time of this murder defendant was living in a four room house on a one hundred and forty-six acre tract of land in Marion County located about “four and…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by121 opinions
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