Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 1988Published
1Opinion of the Court
762 S.W.2d 110 (1988)
STATE of Tennessee, Appellee,
v.
Erskine Leroy JOHNSON, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.
October 3, 1988.
On State's Petition to Rehear December 5, 1988.
Harold D. Archibald, Memphis, Robert M. Paskal, Clayton, for appellant.
W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, James W. Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.
OPINION
O'BRIEN, Justice.
This is a direct appeal by defendant, Erskine Leroy Johnson from his conviction of first degree murder and sentence of death imposed by the jury. Defendant had the benefit of the services of dual retained counsel…
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