LOWE v. STATE


805 S.W.2d 368 (1991)

Gary Wayne LOWE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

February 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy B. Stulberg, Oak Ridge, for appellee.

Kathy M. Principe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Nashville, for appellant.


OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

This post-conviction appeal is before us on a limited basis, under an order restricting our review to the specific question of "whether the jury instruction in the habitual criminal phase of petitioner's trial impermissibly shifted the burden of proof to the petitioner." At the petitioner's original trial, the judge instructed the jury that "a judgment of conviction of any person under the same name as that of the defendant is...

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