State of Tennessee v. Richard Odom, a/k/a Otis Smith
Tennessee Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · AndersonE. Riley Anderson, J.
in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined. WILLIAM M. BARKER, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
The defendant, Richard Odom, was convicted of felony murder and sentenced to death in 1992. This Court affirmed the conviction on direct appeal but remanded the case for a new sentencing proceeding. State v. Odom, 928 S.W.2d 18, 21, 33 (Tenn.1996). After the new sentencing proceeding, a jury again imposed the death sentence after finding that the evidence of one aggravating circumstance, i.e., the defendant was previously convicted of one…
Also in this document: Dissent · Barker; Opinion of the Court · Glenn; Dissent · Barker.
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