STATE v. AUSTIN


618 S.W.2d 738 (1981)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Hale AUSTIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert L. Jolley, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Frank J. Glankler, Jr., J.N. Raines, C. Barry Ward, Memphis, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

Appellant appeals from his conviction as accessory before the fact to murder in the first degree. Following the bifurcated trial procedures set out in the controlling Tennessee statutes, the jury imposed the death penalty. The trial judge concurred, finding the sentence appropriate under the facts.

Appellant was convicted of employing an escaped convict to kill one Julian Watkins, an undercover agent for the Memphis...

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