STATE v. BOLDEN


979 S.W.2d 587 (1998)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Steven BOLDEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

November 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vanedda Prince, Fowler, Prince & Webb, Union City, for Appellant.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Kathy Morante, Deputy Attorney General, Kenneth W. Rucker, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

C. Phillip Bivens, District Attorney General, Dyersburg, Tennessee, for Appellant, At Trial.


OPINION

ANDERSON, C.J.

We granted this appeal to determine two issues: first, whether a co-defendant's testimony pursuant to a plea agreement with the prosecution violated the defendant's rights to due process of law and a fair trial under the United States and Tennessee Constitutions; and second, whether the trial court erred in charging the jury to consider the lesser included offense of second degree murder over the defendant's objection.

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