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STATE v. BUSH

942 S.W.2d 489 (1997)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Michael Dean BUSH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martelia T. Crawford, Cookeville, Richard McGee, Nashville, for appellant.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Gordon W. Smith, Associate Solicitor General, Amy L. Tarkington, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, William Edward Gibson, District Attorney General, Owen G. Burnett, John A. Moore, Lillie Ann Sells, David A. Patterson, Assistant District Attorneys General, Cookeville, for appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Judge.

In this capital case, the defendant, Michael Dean Bush, was convicted of premeditated first degree murder and first degree burglary.1 In the sentencing hearing, the jury found two aggravating circumstances: (1) "[t]he murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel in that it involved torture or serious physical abuse beyond that necessary to produce death...

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