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STATE v. BURNS

6 S.W.3d 453 (1999)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Brenda Anne BURNS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

November 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Frazier, Camden (At Trial) David Raybin, Nashville, (On Appeal), for Appellant.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael C. Moore, Solicitor General, Elizabeth T. Ryan, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Robert Radford, District Attorney General, for Appellee.

OPINION

BARKER, Justice.

Defendant/appellee Brenda Burns was tried and convicted of criminal responsibility for the commission of first-degree murder in the death of her ex-husband, Paul Burns.1 The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction on the basis that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to interview two potential defense witnesses and present the testimony...

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