Legal Opinion
State v. Cribbs
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 13, 1998No. 02S01-9703-CR-00014PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Justice.
In this capital case, the defendant, Perry Cribbs, was charged with premeditated first degree murder, first degree murder during the perpetration of an aggravated burglary, and first degree murder during the perpetration of aggravated robbery for killing the victim, Linda Harris, in her home on January *7762,1994. The jury found the defendant guilty on all three counts.1 In the sentencing hearing, the jury found two aggravating circumstances: (1) “[t]he defendant was previously convicted of one or more felonies, other than the present charge, whose statutory elements…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by285 opinions
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