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STATE v. MARTIN

702 S.W.2d 560 (1985)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Willie James MARTIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

December 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin E. Ballin, W. Mark Ward, Memphis, for appellant.

Wm. Barry Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Nashville, for appellee.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

In a two-count indictment appellant was charged with murder in the first degree, the first count charging felony-murder during an attempted robbery and the second count charging deliberate, malicious, willful and premeditated homicide.

The jury acquitted appellant of the felony-murder charge but found him guilty on the second count of premeditated murder. At a separate sentencing hearing appellant was sentenced to death...

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