State v. Hall

I concur in the majority’s conclusion that the defendants’ convictions and sentences of death should be affirmed. I write separately because I disagree with the majority’s analysis of aggravating circumstance Tenn.Code Ann. § 39 — 2—203(i)(8) in this case and in State v. Odom, 928 S.W.2d 18 (Tenn.1996). I would reverse Odom on the issue of (i)(8) and hold that aggravating circumstance (i)(8) is applicable when a defendant commits mui’der during his or her escape from lawful confinement. I would hold that the phrase “during an escape from lawful confinement” denotes the time frame beginning…