Legal Opinion
State v. Coe
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 6, 1983PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FONES, Chief Justice.
This is a direct appeal of a death penalty case. Defendant was convicted of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape and murder in the first degree. The jury fixed his punishment at life on each of the first two offenses. After a bifurcated sentencing hearing, the jury found four aggravating circumstances and no mitigating circumstances and imposed the death penalty. The aggravating circumstances found were: (1) the murder was committed against a person less than twelve years of age and the defendant was over eighteen years of age; (2) the murder was especially…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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3Cited by53 opinions
- State v. SheffieldTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. RiceTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
- Robert Glen Coe, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Ricky Bell, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- State v. CribbsTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
- State v. VannTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
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