Tennessee Supreme Court· 4/18/2001

State v. Hartman

Citations

42 S.W.3d 44

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explaining that residual doubt is established by proof that casts doubt on the defendant's guilt and is not limited to proof that mitigates the defendant's culpability for the crime
noting that “an issue is waived where it is simply raised without any argument regarding its merits”
reaffirming that polygraph “results are inherently unreliable and not admissible to establish the defendant’s guilt”
stating that “the prosecutor erred during closing argument by referring to . . . the defendant as a ‘predator’”
describing a prosecutor’s argument about “his own military experience and the need for general deterrence” as error
permitting defendant to discuss or argue in allocution facts respecting guilt

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Judges: Drowota, Anderson, Birch, Holder, Barker

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