Legal Opinion
State v. Claybrook
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1987PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROCK, Justice.
In the trial court the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death by electrocution. The death sentence was based on aggravating circumstances found by the jury as set out in T.C.A. Section 39-2-203(0(2), (5) and (7), that is, that he had been convicted of a previous violent felony, that the instant murder was heinous, atrocious, and cruel and that the murder was committed during commission of a robbery.
At about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 17, 1983 the body of Mr.. Lesley Jennings was found by his great grandchild lying on the floor of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Oregon v. BradshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- State v. DuncanTennessee Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by36 opinions
- State v. StephensonTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. HowellTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. OodyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
- State v. MannTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
- State v. PorterfieldTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
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