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STATE v. COZART

54 S.W.3d 242 (2001)

STATE of Tennessee v. Kermit Maurice COZART.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

August 31, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim L. Fields, Paris, TN, for the appellant, Kermit Maurice Cozart.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael Moore, Solicitor General; and Patricia C. Kussman, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, C.J., and FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted review of this case to decide whether a trial court must instruct the jury based upon this Court's holding in State v. Anthony, 817 S.W.2d 299 (Tenn.1991). We hold that the trial court properly declined to instruct the...

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