State v. Wilcoxson

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Justice.

On 19 December 1985 the Grand Jury of Hamilton County returned a true bill against defendant charging him with the first degree murder of Robert D. Mosher. Defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.

Although the sufficiency of the evidence is not questioned a summary of the facts surrounding the homicide is essential to resolution of the issues raised. On 23 October 1982, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the body of Robert Mosher was found at his home in Signal Mountain, Tennessee by his wife, Evelyn Mosher, who had been attending a rock concert at the…