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STATE v. WILLIAMS

690 S.W.2d 517 (1985)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen Leon WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

May 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry W. Laughlin, Greeneville, David L. Brand, Church Hill, for defendant-appellant.

Wayne Uhl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee; William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The defendant, Stephen Leon Williams, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death by electrocution for the killing of James E. Grizzle on or about January 12, 1981.

The victim, James Grizzle, a middle-aged man, apparently had saved some money while employed by a steel company in Indiana and he purchased an old house located near the Holston River in Hawkins County...

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