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State v. Johnson

Citations

  • 661 S.W.2d 854
  • 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 791

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  • determining that admission of non-violent felonies in support of the aggravating circumstance was so prejudicial that it required a new sentencing hearing
  • Finding prejudicial error where the State relied upon evidence of nonviolent felonies to establish the aggravating circumstance
  • consideration of the improperly admitted evidence requires reversal because of the probability of prejudice

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Judges: Brock, Fones, Cooper, Harbison, Drowota

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