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STATE v. CARTER

988 S.W.2d 145 (1999)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Preston CARTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

February 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn I. Wright, Memphis, Thomas F. Bloom, Nashville, for Appellant.

W. Mark Ward Memphis, for Amicus Curiae Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Amy L. Tarkington, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, for Appellee.

OPINION

HOLDER, J.

In this capital case, the defendant, Preston Carter, pled guilty and was convicted on two counts of felony murder. A jury sentenced him to death on both counts, finding that the murders of Thomas and Tensia Jackson were especially heinous, atrocious, and cruel. Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-2-203(i)(5). The jury imposed sentences of death based upon the presence of this sole aggravating circumstance.

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