Tennessee Supreme Court· 12/21/1987

State v. Johnson

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743 S.W.2d 154
1987 Tenn. LEXIS 1082

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holding evidence of defendant’s extramarital affair was admissible to establish motive to kill wife and to explain the state of the couple’s relationship
holding evidence of defendant’s extramarital affair was admissible to establish motive to kill wife and to explain the state of the couple’s relationship
concluding there was sufficient evidence of torture where the defendant suffocated the victim for one to four minutes by forcing a plastic bag into her mouth
defendant suffocated wife with, .a plastic bag; aggravating circumstances included heinous, atrocious, or cruel and prior violent felony conviction
defendant suffocated wife with a plastic bag; aggravating circumstances included heinous, atrocious, or cruel and prior violent felony conviction
defendant suffocated wife with plastic bag; prior violent felony and heinous, atrocious, or cruel aggravators

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Judges: Harbison, Fones, Cooper, Drowota, O'Brien

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