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STATE v. RENNER

912 S.W.2d 701 (1995)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee v. Robert RENNER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

December 11, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Miller, Dandridge, for appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General & Reporter, Nashville, Christina Shevalier, Assistant Attorney General, Al Schmutzer, Jr., District Attorney General, Sevierville, for appellee.

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

We accepted the defendant's, Robert Renner, application in order to clarify the "no duty to retreat" rule as generally applied within the broad context of the law of self-defense1 and, specifically, as the rule applies to the narrow facts and circumstances of this case. The issue is whether the prosecutor, by either cross-examination or argument, misled the jury by suggesting the existence of a...

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