STATE v. STEPHENSON


195 S.W.3d 574 (2006)

STATE of Tennessee v. Jonathan Wesley STEPHENSON.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Herbison, Nashville, Tennessee; Carl R. Ogle, Jefferson City, Tennessee; and Tim S. Moore, Newport, Tennessee, for the Appellant-Defendant, Jonathan Stephenson.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Angele Michele Gregory and Michelle Chapman McIntire, Assistant Attorneys General; Al Schmutzer, Jr., District Attorney General; and James B. Dunn, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee-Plaintiff, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., joined. ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., concurred in part, dissented in part, and filed a separate opinion.

The appeal in this capital case arises from the resentencing of Jonathan Wesley Stephenson, who was convicted in 1990 of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder for his role in the contract...

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