Legal Opinion

State v. Harris

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 1992PublishedCited by 998 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The Defendant, Edward Leroy Harris, alias “Tattoo Eddie,” was found guilty by a Sevier County jury of the murders of Melissa Suttles Hill and Troy Dale Valentine on the evening of Saturday, September 13, 1986. The jury found three aggravating circumstances, T.C.A. § 39-2-203(i)(2), (5), and (7),1 and sentenced the Defendant to *60death. Counsel for the Defendant, in an abundance of caution due to the severity of the case, have raised 52 errors in a 283 page brief. We have carefully considered all of Defendant’s assignments of error; and, for the reasons that follow, a…

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2Cases cited85 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by998 opinions

  1. State v. BlandTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  2. State v. CarruthersTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State v. AdkissonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  4. State v. ReidTennessee Supreme Court · 2002
  5. State v. RiceTennessee Supreme Court · 2006

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