STATE v. EVANS


838 S.W.2d 185 (1992)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Jonathan Vaughn EVANS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Skelton, John S. Anderson, Rogersville, R.J. Tucker, Newport, for defendant-appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Rebecca L. Gundt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Berkeley Bell, Dist. Atty. Gen., John Dugger, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Morristown, for appellee.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The Defendant, Jonathan Vaughn Evans, appeals his conviction of first-degree felony murder of Mary Slover and the sentence of death. On appeal he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence used to convict him, numerous alleged errors committed by the trial court prior to and during trial, and the constitutionality of the death penalty.

Mary Slover, a grocery store clerk, was murdered on the morning of February 5, 1989, shortly...

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