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State v. Wright

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided August 29, 1988PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HARBISON,1 Chief Justice.

Following a lengthy trial in Davidson County, Tennessee, appellant Charles Walton Wright was found guilty of premeditated murder in the first degree of Gerald Mitchell and Douglas Alexander. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Mitchell and to death by electrocution for the murder of Alexander. After careful examination of the record, we affirm both the convictions and the sentences.

Testimony in the case was both protracted and conflicting. Appellant himself gave numerous conflicting and convoluted versions of the events which led to the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. State v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1985
  5. State v. DicksTennessee Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. State v. OdomTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
  2. State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  3. State v. HowellTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  4. State v. BlackTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
  5. State v. TeelTennessee Supreme Court · 1990

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