STATE v. VAN TRAN


864 S.W.2d 465 (1993)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Heck VAN TRAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, James W. Milam, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Hugh W. Stanton, Dist. Atty. Gen., Jerry R. Kitchen, Phillip Gerald Harris, Asst. Attys. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.

Arthur E. Quinn, Watson, Arnoult & Quinn, Manuel P. Scarmoutsos, Memphis, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The Defendant, Heck Van Tran, appeals his convictions of felony murder in the deaths of Kai Yin Chuey, Amy Lee and Arthur Lee and the sentences of death imposed in each case by the jury. On appeal he challenges, inter alia, the sufficiency of the evidence used to convict him, the failure of the trial court to suppress certain statements, the use of a relative to act as an interpreter for an eyewitness, the introduction of...

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