STATE v. HESTER

No. E2006-01904-SC-DDT-DD.

324 S.W.3d 1 (2010)

STATE of Tennessee v. H.R. HESTER.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rich Heinsman and Lee Davis , Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, H.R. Hester.

Robert E. Cooper , Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore , Solicitor General; Mark E. Davidson , Senior Counsel; and James E. Gaylord , Assistant Attorney General; R. Steven Bebb (on appeal) and Jerry N. Estes (at trial), District Attorneys General; and William W. Reedy , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

This appeal involves a defendant who bound up two victims, doused them with kerosene, and then set them on fire because one of the victims had refused to loan him ten dollars to buy beer. One of the victims lost his life in the ensuing fire. A McMinn County grand jury indicted the defendant...

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