Harries v. State

OPINION

BARKER, Judge.

In this capital case, appellant, Ronald Richard Harries, appeals as of right the denial by the Sullivan County Criminal Court of his second petition for post-conviction relief. He argues that the trial court erred in finding that the jury’s application of the felony-murder aggravating circumstance in violation of the rule announced in State v. Middlebrooks, 840 S.W.2d 317 (Tenn.1992), was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. In that respect, he also contends the trial court erred by concluding that evidence of his alcohol and drug intoxication at the time of the offense…