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STATE v. TORRES

82 S.W.3d 236 (2002)

STATE of Tennessee v. William Pierre TORRES.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

July 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Talman and Susan E. Shipley, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, William Pierre Torres.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Amy L. Tarkington, Deputy Attorney General; Randall Eugene Nichols, District Attorney General; Robert L. Jolley, Jr., Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

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

The defendant, William Pierre Torres, was convicted of first degree murder by aggravated child abuse1 for the killing of his son, fifteen-month-old Quintyn Pierre James Wilson. Following a sentencing hearing, the jury found two aggravating circumstances...

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