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STATE v. SMITH

695 S.W.2d 954 (1985)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Ricky Goldie SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

August 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Ball, Arch B. Boyd, III, Memphis, for appellant.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Ann Lacy Johns, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death by electrocution. We affirm the judgment and the sentence.

In the late afternoon of April 21, 1982, appellant twice shot and killed 71-year-old Walter Allen while attempting to rob him. Appellant was at that time not quite 23 years of age. He and two other youths had been "cruising" in an automobile belonging to appellant's aunt after having taken...

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