Legal Opinion
State v. Brimmer
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1994PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Justice.
Defendant was found guilty of the first degree premeditated homicide of Rodney Compton, on or about 22 October 1989. The indictment included three statutory aggravating circumstances: (1) The murder was committed while defendant was engaged in committing a robbery; (2) the murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding lawful arrest; (3) the murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel. The jury found one (1) statutory aggravating circumstance: the *78murder was committed while defendant was engaged in committing robbery.
The proof in this case shows that the…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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3Cited by178 opinions
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