Legal Opinion

State v. Groseclose

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 27, 1981PublishedCited by 97 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Appellants William Edward Groseclose and Ronald Eugene Rickman appeal from their convictions of murder in the first degree and a sentence of death pursuant thereto. A codefendant who was tried and convicted with them, Phillip Michael Britt, was sentenced to life imprisonment. His case is not involved in the present appeal.

After careful consideration of the assignments of error made on behalf of appellants and of the entire record, we are of the opinion that the verdict and sentence are sustained by the evidence and that no reversible error was committed at the very…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Houston v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Cozzolino v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
  3. State v. BerryTennessee Supreme Court · 1980

3Cited by97 opinions

  1. State v. BlandTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  2. State v. CarruthersTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State v. CazesTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
  4. State v. BigbeeTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of the United States · 2005

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