State v. Bobo

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This is a direct appeal of a death penalty case. Defendant, Tony Lorenzo Bobo, was convicted of first degree murder in the perpetration of robbery and sentenced to death upon the jury’s finding of three aggravating circumstances: Defendant was previously convicted of felonies involving the use or threat of violence to the person, the murder was committed while Defendant was engaged in committing robbery, and mass murder. T.C.A. §§ 39-2-208(i)(2), ®(7), and (i)(12).1

The victim, Carolyn Doyle, lived alone at 3419 Kimbell in Memphis. She had been a widow for five years…