Legal Opinion
State of Tennessee v. James Allen Pollard
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 20, 2013No. M2011-00332-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 406 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARY R. WADE, C.J.,'
delivered the opinion of the Court,
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
The defendant was convicted of felony murder, first degree premeditated murder, and especially aggravated robbery. After merging the murder convictions, the trial court imposed consecutive sentences of life for the murder and eighteen years for the especially aggravated robbery. On appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions but remanded to the trial court for a proper determination of whether the sentences should…
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