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AMBURN v. STATE

553 S.W.2d 922 (1977)

Harvey G. AMBURN, Sr., alias, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied August 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip P. Durand, Knoxville, for appellant.

Brooks McLemore, Atty. Gen., David L. Raybin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Albert L. Witt, Ralph E. Harwell, Asst. Dist. Attys., Knoxville, for appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court August 1, 1977.

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

This is a matricide in which the defendant, Harvey G. Amburn, was convicted of the first degree murder of his mother, Mrs. Ollie Amburn. He was sentenced to death by electrocution but the punishment was commuted by the Governor to life imprisonment. The judgment as commuted is affirmed.

On appeal, the defendant questions the constitutionality of the Tennessee Death Penalty...

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