Legal Opinion

State v. Suttles

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 2000No. E1998-00088-SC-DDT-CDPublishedCited by 211 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · DrowotaDrowota, J.

in which ANDERSON, C.J., HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ. joined.

The appellant, Dennis Wade Suttles, was convicted of first degree premeditated murder and sentenced to death for the killing. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed both his conviction and sentence. The case was docketed in this Court, and after a careful review of the record and the relevant legal authorities, we conclude that the evidence is sufficient to support the jury’s finding of premeditation, the evidence is sufficient to support the jury’s finding that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel in that it…

3Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. State v. TuggleTennessee Supreme Court · 1982
  4. State v. BlandTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  5. State v. OdomTennessee Supreme Court · 1996

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4Cited by211 opinions

  1. State v. RiceTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
  2. State v. SimsTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  3. State of Tennessee v. Christopher Lee DavisTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
  4. State v. DavidsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
  5. State v. RobinsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2004

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