STATE v. CARRUTHERS


35 S.W.3d 516 (2000)

STATE of Tennessee v. Tony V. CARRUTHERS & James Montgomery.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

December 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Leffler and Lee A. Filderman, Memphis, TN, for the appellant, Tony V. Carruthers.

Robert C. Brooks and Edward W. Chandler, Memphis, TN, for the appellant, James Montgomery.

Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Amy Tarkington, Senior Counsel; Phillip Gerald Harris; Assistant District Attorney General; and J. Robert Carter, Jr., Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


DROWOTA, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.

Tony Carruthers and James Montgomery were each convicted of three counts of first degree premeditated murder and were sentenced to death on each conviction. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences of both Carruthers and Montgomery. Thereafter, the cases were docketed in this Court. After carefully reviewing the record

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