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STATE v. ADKINS

653 S.W.2d 708 (1983)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne ADKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Hicks, Jr., Robert D. Arnold, Johnson City, for defendant-appellant.

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

BROCK, Justice.

The defendant, Wayne Adkins, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death by electrocution for the killing of Junior Adams on May 22, 1979, at about 7:30 p.m. and has appealed the conviction and sentence to this Court.

At about 7:45 p.m. on May 22, 1979, Steve Frazier and James Dupkossky discovered the bullet riddled body of Junior Adams lying along the edge of an unnamed, single track, dead-end road 45 miles from its intersection...

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