Legal Opinion
State of Tennessee v. Nickolus L. Johnson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 19, 2013No. E2010-00172-SC-DDT-DDPublishedCited by 29 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · LeeSharon G. Lee, J.
in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ„ joined.
A jury convicted the defendant of premeditated first degree murder for shoot- mg and killing a police officer. As the penalty phase of the trial began, the defendant refused to allow his lawyers to present mental health mitigation evidence. After questioning the defendant about his decision, the trial court directed two mental health experts to evaluate the defendant’s mental competency. After the evaluation, the mental health experts testified that they could not render an opinion as…
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