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STATE v. PAYNE

791 S.W.2d 10 (1990)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Pervis Tyrone PAYNE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Norma Crippen Ballard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Thomas D. Henderson, Phyllis B. Gardner, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.

W. Mark Ward, Jim Garts, Memphis, for appellant.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty of first degree murder of Charisse Christopher and her daughter, Lacie, and guilty of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree of her son, Nicholas. He was given the death penalty for each of the murders and thirty (30) years for the assault with intent to commit murder offense.

Charisse Christopher was 28 years old, divorced, and lived in Hiwassee Apartments, in Millington, Tennessee...

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