Legal Opinion
State v. Carter
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 18, 2003No. W2000-02204-SC-DDT-DDPublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANICE M. HOLDER, J„
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined. ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, Jr., J., filed a dissenting opinion.
The appeal in this capital case arises from the resentencing of Preston Carter, who originally pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death in 1995 for the felony murders of Thomas and Tensia Jackson. On appeal, this Court reversed the death sentences because the jury had used an outdated verdict form containing the incorrect burden of proof. See State v. Carter, 988 S.W.2d 145…
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