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STATE v. PATTON

593 S.W.2d 913 (1979)

STATE of Tennessee, Respondent, v. Sam Walter PATTON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman D. Lane, Donald D. Hildebrand, Nashville, for petitioner.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Jennifer Helton Small, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent.

COOPER, Justice.

OPINION

Petitioner, Sam Walter Patton, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to serve thirty years in the state penitentiary for the pistol slaying of his wife, Shirley Patton. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction. This court granted certiorari to determine (1) whether the state had carried its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that petitioner was sane at the time he killed his wife, and (2) whether...

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