Tennessee Supreme Court· 6/15/1998

State v. Blanton

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975 S.W.2d 269
1998 Tenn. LEXIS 352
1998 WL 310485

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stating that \charging all felonies under (i)(7) without regard to whether the felonies are supported by the evidence is error\
stating that “charging all felonies under (i)(7) without regard to whether the felonies are supported by the evidence is error”
upholding the jury's finding of the (i)(5) aggravating circumstance to support death sentence on the premeditated murder convictions despite the lack of evidence indicating that the defendant inflicted the fatal blows
‘heinous atrocious cruel’ factor upheld as applied to premeditated murder convictions based on sufficiency of evidence despite no evidence that defendant was perpetrator who inflicted fatal blows
medical evidence that the victim may have remained alive for fifteen minutes during the attack or after receiving wounds was sufficient to support a finding of “torture” for purposes of applying subsection (i)(5)
the torture prong of (i)(5) merely requires a jury finding that the victim remained conscious and sustained severe physical or mental pain and suffering between the infliction of the wounds and the time of death

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Judges: Anderson, Birch, Drowota, Holder, Janice, Lyle, Reid

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