Legal Opinion
State v. Reid
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 2005No. M2001-02753-SC-DDT-DDPublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · AndersonE. Riley Anderson, J.
in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined. ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J., filed a separate concurring/dissenting
The defendant, Paul Dennis Reid, Jr., was convicted of two counts of premeditated first degree murder, two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, and one count of especially aggravated robbery. In imposing a death sentence for each count of first degree murder, the jury found three aggravating circumstances, i.e., that the defendant was previously convicted of one or more felonies whose statutory elements involved the use…
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