State v. RUTLER

900 S.W.2d 305 (1994)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee,

v.

Terry W. BUTLER, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 14, 1994.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Christina S. Shavalier, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Alfred C. Schmutzer, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., Richard R. Vance, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Jim Dunn, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Sevierville, for appellee.

W. Gordon Ball, Knoxville, for appellant.

OPINION

JONES, Judge.

The appellant, Terry W. Butler, was convicted of murder in the second degree by a jury of his peers. The trial court, finding that the appellant…