Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 3/13/1985

State v. Hopper

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695 S.W.2d 530
1985 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 3053

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holding that allegation of the element of \deliberation\ in a felony murder indictment was mere surplusage; thus, the state was not required to prove this allegation
holding that the State did not have to prove that the defendant acted deliberately despite the State’s inclusion of the word in an indictment for felony murder
holding that “because the murder occurred during the robbers’ flight from the scene of the robbery and because their flight was ‘part and parcel’ of the robbery event, the murder occurred in the perpetration of the robbery”
allegation in felony murder indictment of “deliberately” held to be surplusage which did not have to be proved

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Judges: Duncan, Dwyer, Beasley

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