Legal Opinion
State v. Teague
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1984PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, Chief Justice.
This is a direct appeal of a death penalty. In an earlier trial, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death by electrocution for the killing of his ex-wife, Terri Teague. The conviction was affirmed on appeal, but the sentence of death was reversed and the case was remanded for a re-sentencing hearing. State v. Teague, 645 S.W.2d 392 (Tenn.1983). In the re-sentencing hearing, the jury again fixed defendant’s sentence as death by electrocution. It is from this sentence that the present appeal is taken.
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. ThompsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. DicksTennessee Supreme Court · 1981
- Demps v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by65 opinions
- State v. BigbeeTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. HowellTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. HallTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. BiegenwaldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- State v. NicholsTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
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