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STATE v. SPARKS

727 S.W.2d 480 (1987)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Willie SPARKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney C. Strong, Chattanooga, for appellant; Jessee O. Farr, of counsel.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen., Gordon W. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank M. Groves, Jerry S. Sloan, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of armed robbery and of murder in the first degree in the perpetration of armed robbery of Robert Boddie, a delivery man for the Athens Distributing Company, while the victim was on the premises of a retail liquor store in Chattanooga. In addition to the present offenses, the jury found (1) that appellant had been previously convicted of three other felonies which involved the use or threat of violence to...

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