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State v. Cooper

Citations

  • 321 S.W.3d 501
  • 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 870
  • 2010 WL 3633462

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that de novo review applies to the determination of whether a defendant is entitled to relief via the plain error doctrine
  • stating that de novo review applies to the Court of Criminal Appeals' determination of whether plain error has been established
  • explaining that de novo review applies to the determination of whether a defendant is entitled to relief via the plain error doctrine
  • observing that “the only substantially compliant notice was filed after trial and therefore was ineffective
  • stating that plain error review is appropriate when, among other things, “the error breached a clear and unequivocal rule of law”
  • concluding “that the sentence of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole was not authorized because the only substantially compliant notice was filed after trial and therefore was ineffective”

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Judges: Chief Justice Janice M. Holder

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