STATE v. ODOM

No. W2008-02464-SC-DDT-DD.

336 S.W.3d 541 (2011)

STATE of Tennessee v. Richard ODOM.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Memphis.

March 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brock Mehler , Nashville, Tennessee and Gerald Skahan , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Richard Odom.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; James E. Gaylord , Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons , District Attorney General, for the appellee, the State of Tennessee.


OPINION

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

The defendant was convicted of first-degree murder in the perpetration of rape. In the penalty phase of the trial, the jury imposed a sentence of death, finding three aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) the defendant was previously convicted of one or more violent felonies...

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