Legal Opinion
State v. Bates
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 16, 2009No. M2008-00639-CCA-R3-CDPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · SmithJerry L. Smith, J.
in which THOMAS T. WOODALL and ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, JJ., joined.
Appellant, Wayne Lee Bates, pled guilty to the first degree murder of Julia Guida and grand larceny. A Coffee County jury imposed a sentence of death. State v. Bates, 804 S.W.2d 868, 871 (Tenn.1991). For some reason, the trial court never imposed a sentence for grand larceny. After many appeals in both State and Federal courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found the imposition of the death penalty illegal and remanded for resentencing. See Bates v. Bell, 402 F.3d 635 (6th Cir.2005). Upon remand…
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- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- State v. BishopTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
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