STATE v. MADKINS


989 S.W.2d 697 (1999)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Richard MADKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

March 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Madkins, Clifton, pro se.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Elizabeth T. Ryan, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, John W. Pierotti, District Attorney General, Lee V. Coffee, Terrell L. Harris, Assistant District Attorneys General, Memphis (at Trial), for Appellee.


OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

We granted this appeal to resolve a single issue: whether the defendant's conviction for attempted felony murder must be reversed and dismissed under our decision in State v. Kimbrough, 924 S.W.2d 888 (Tenn.1996), which held that the offense did not exist under Tennessee statutory law.

The record indicates that the defendant was convicted of especially aggravated robbery...

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