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STATE v. BARNES

703 S.W.2d 611 (1985)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. James William BARNES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar E. Fleming, Johnson City, James D. Culp, Jonesborough, for appellant.

Gordon W. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville (W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, of counsel), for appellee.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is a direct appeal of a death penalty case. Defendant was convicted of burglary and felony murder. At the sentencing hearing the jury found three aggravating circumstances, T.C.A. section 39-2-203(i)(2), (5) and (7).

I.

The victim of this homicide was Molly Hawk, aged ninety-one. She was in good health and lived alone on Unaka Street in Johnson City, Tennessee. Her daughter, Mildred Keys, lived directly behind...

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