STATE v. ODOM


137 S.W.3d 572 (2004)

STATE of Tennessee v. Richard ODOM, a/k/a Otis Smith.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

May 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Brooks, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Richard Odom.

Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Mark E. Davidson, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Phillip Gerald Harris and Amy Weirich, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.


November 12, 2003 Session. Heard at Memphis.

OPINION

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

The defendant, Richard Odom, was convicted of felony murder and sentenced to death in 1992. This Court affirmed the conviction on direct...

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