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STATE v. SHUCK

953 S.W.2d 662 (1997)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Merlin Eugene SHUCK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Gordon Smith, Associate Solicitor General, Michael J. Fahey, II, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Alfred C. Schmutzer, Jr., District Attorney General, James B. Dunn, Assistant District Attorney General, Sevierville, for State/Appellant.

Charles R. Terry, Denise S. Terry, Morristown, Thomas F. Bloom, Nashville, (Appeal Only), for Defendant/Appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Judge.

The defendant, Merlin Eugene Shuck, was convicted of one count of solicitation to commit first degree murder and two counts of solicitation to commit especially aggravated kidnaping. The defense theory at trial was entrapment, and in support of that defense, Shuck sought to introduce expert testimony from a neuropsychologist that he had suffered a cognitive decline and significant deterioration of his cognitive abilities which rendered...

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