STATE v. KIMBROUGH


924 S.W.2d 888 (1996)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Brian Keith KIMBROUGH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General and Reporter, Jerry L. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, Nashville, for Appellant.

A.C. Wharton, Shelby County Public Defender, W. Mark Ward, Assistant Public Defender, Memphis, for Appellee.


OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

We review this cause in order to address an issue of first impression: whether attempt to commit felony-murder exists as an offense in Tennessee. We conclude that it does not and affirm the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals reversing the appellee's conviction.

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Terry Lewis and his brother, Jimmy Lewis, conducted a rather extensive marijuana-selling operation...

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